Egypt in the Age of Travel
The Egyptian Wing
Nile steamers, grand hotels, and the deco Egyptomania of 1922.
1900–1930 (deepens every January)
Nile steamer and shipping-line posters, grand-hotel and railway material through 1930; the story spine is the 1922 Tutankhamun discovery and the deco Egyptomania it lit worldwide. THE HONEST NOTE: the celebrated golden age of Egyptian tourism posters is largely 1930s material — it unlocks year by year under the 95-year rule, beginning with 1931 material in January 2027. Watched pieces render as "opening January [year]" and cannot publish early. Travel-era material carries colonial-age framing; this wing names that plainly and centers the place itself. The antiquarian Nile — Roberts’ lithographs, Prisse d’Avennes’ chromoliths — lives with Cabinet of Curiosities, cross-linked, not duplicated.
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Egypt in the Age of Travel
Egypt · 1900–1930
Pre-1931 material clears now; the celebrated 1930s golden age is watch-listed and unlocks year by year under the 95-year rule, beginning January 2027.
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In the wing
On the Watch List
Staged behind the velvet rope — cleared in principle, but never published before its January unlock.
A 1931 Egyptian Travel Poster — On the Watch List
Opening January 2027
77 days remaining
A Second 1931 Egyptian Travel Poster — On the Watch List
Opening January 2027
77 days remaining