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Photographer's and publisher's credits, plate number and title printed on the mount.Note the man posed for scale.The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel (??? ???? in Arabic) in Nubia, southern Egypt. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan (about 300 km by road). The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments,"[1] which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan). The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh. However, the complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River.See: pl.108 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie"; Dewitz and Schuller-Procopovici, Die Reise zum Nil, pl.47.Provenance: Galerie Texbraun.

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Photo Detail - Maxime Du Camp - Ibsamboul, Partie Septentrionale Du Spéos D'Hathor; Nubie, Egypt
Maxime Du Camp Ibsamboul, Partie Septentrionale Du Spéos D'Hathor; Nubie, Egypt

Price $4,500
Sale Price $3,150

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Ref.# 16271

Medium Blanquart-Evrard salt print from paper negative

Mount on original printed mount

Photo Date 1849-50  Print Date 1852c

Dimensions 6-7/16 x 8-5/8 in. (165 x 220 mm)

Photo Country Egypt

Photographer Country France

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