23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Face to Face with History: The Sarcophagus

Visitors pause before a 2,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus at the Cincinnati Art Museum. This moment captures the quiet connection between the modern world and ancient history, as the painted gaze of the past meets the curiosity of the present.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 550D
Copyright: © Ahmed Hamed