Caption

Nubie. Temple d' Abou Simbel, dédie a Athor (Égypt), Temple of Abu Simbel, photograph, Part of Travel album with 80 photos of Egypt., negative number: '201', photographer: Maison Bonfils, Abu Simbel, c. 1870 - c. 1898, Maison Bonfils, photographer, North Africa, Upper Egypt, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 221 mm x width 279 mm, sculpture (relief, sculpture), temple, shrine, Egyptian religion, A steep rock face with carved vertical recesses and sculpted humanlike figures integrated into the stone, fluted columns and rectangular doorways set into the cliff, patterned reliefs decorating the carved surfaces, scattered boulders and ledges at the base, sparse dry vegetation growing among the rocks, and a pale sky above.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A80_194

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48.0Mb (10.2Mb) / 15.3in x 12.2in / 4597 x 3648 (300dpi)

Keywords

Nubie Temple d Abou Simbel dédie Athor Égypt Temple Abu Simbel photograph Part Travel album 80 photos Egypt negative number 201 photographer Maison Bonfils c 1870 - c 1898 North Africa Upper Egypt pasteboard paper albumen print height 221 mm x width 279 mm sculpture relief temple shrine Egyptian religion steep rock face carved vertical recesses sculpted humanlike figures integrated stone fluted columns rectangular doorways set cliff patterned reliefs decorating carved surfaces scattered boulders ledges base sparse dry vegetation growing rocks pale sky