Nubie Village et Temple de L'ile de Beghe, Egypt, 1850, by Maxime du Camp

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Temple dedicated to Choupnis and Hathor, lord and woman of Snem, by Ptolémée Philométor, on the ruins of a first temple raised by Amenôpt II. The curved door is the work of the first Christians. Beghe was Sacred Island before Island of Philae Maxime DU CAMP, a French photographer, one of the earliest makers of calotype images, traveled to Egypt where he photographed the temples at Abu Simbel and the pyramids at Giza in 1849 and 1850; these pictures were printed in multiple copies for an album published in France in 1852. Prints made from DuCamp's negatives were assembled into a travel album titled Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie (1852).

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Size: 3420px × 2710px
Location: Egypt
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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