Sneferu Pyramid Temple Passage Images from the New Kingdom

Images of the west wall passage in Sneferu's pyramid temple from the New Kingdom period. The dataset includes 44.0 MB of files in PDF, JPG, SVG, and TIF formats, contributed by Chloe Agar. Copyright is held by the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, and the Penn Museum.

Use Cases

• Analyze architectural details of pyramid temple passages based on the described wall imagery.
• Study New Kingdom artistic styles and iconography based on the described temple wall.
• Conduct digital preservation or 3D modeling of archaeological sites based on the high-resolution image formats available.

Strengths

• Includes high-resolution image formats (TIF, SVG) suitable for detailed analysis.
• Clear copyright attribution to two established institutions (Griffith Institute, Penn Museum).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Griffith Institute Archive; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Collection Method

Photographic documentation of an archaeological site.

Time Range

New Kingdom period of ancient Egypt.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 11:16:06; freshness should be verified

Geography

Sneferu Pyramid Temple, Egypt.