Meidum Pyramid Temple Passage Images from the Middle Kingdom

Images of the Sneferu Pyramid Temple passage west wall from Egypt's Middle Kingdom. The dataset includes 139.1 MB of files in TIF, JPG, SVG, and PDF formats, published by Chloe Agar under a CC-BY-4.0 license. The images are sourced from the Griffith Institute Archive and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Use Cases

• Analyze architectural features and construction techniques based on the temple passage imagery.
• Study Middle Kingdom artistic styles and iconography depicted on the temple walls.
• Digitally preserve and document cultural heritage artifacts from the Griffith Institute and Penn Museum archives.
• Train computer vision models for object detection or style classification on historical imagery.

Strengths

• Files are available in multiple high-resolution formats (TIF, JPG, SVG, PDF).
• The 139.1 MB size suggests the images contain substantial detail.
• Clear attribution and copyright information from the Griffith Institute and Penn Museum is provided.
• The dataset is published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level metadata are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• The description is brief and lacks specific details about the number of images or their individual characteristics.
• Data may reflect the specific temporal and geographic focus of the original archaeological project.

Provenance

Source

Griffith Institute Archive, University of Oxford; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Collection Method

Likely photographic documentation of an archaeological site.

Time Range

Middle Kingdom period of ancient Egypt.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 10:19:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Meidum, Egypt (Sneferu Pyramid Temple).