Stereocards  and their viewers which were introduced in the 1850's  provided  views of exotic locations .They were in fact  the  3D virtual reality experience of their  day . Here are some Egyptian examples which were taken c1896.

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                                      Courtyard entrance to the Egyptian Museum Berlin
                         
                        
                 Cheops Pyramid     Leaving for Desert      Temple Ruins        Climbing Cheops

                          
                  Step Pyramid       Ramesses, Memphis         Abydos              Pillars,Abydos
                                                                                           
                             
                       Denderah           Colossi Memnon        Ruins, Luxor          Obelisk, Pylon           

                             
                     Ptolemy Gate          Ave Sphinxes           Hall of Pillars          Sacred Columns  
    
                       
                   Medinet Habu           Ramesseum           Statues Rameses        Deir-el-Bahari             
                                                            
                                    
                Early Francis Frith stereocard, 1850        Egyptian Court, Great Exhibition,1851

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