Excavation of the Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel', 1819. Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha (1799-1883) was an explorer of Egypt and chief engineer of the Suez Canal. Found in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. By the French artist Louis M. A. Linant de Bellefonds.

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