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A collection of copies of photographs of Egyptian sites taken in the 1870's by Victorian photographers Beato, Frith and Sebah and modern versions have been made as well.
Beato Philae Island 28JHP05 Philae Temple Original Island River Nile Highview Beato Old Photo Albumen Print Egypt, dedicated to the Goddess Isis and here photographed by Antonio Beato, a Victorian photographer around 1890 and this copy is taken from his album called The Nile 1872. On its modern relocated site there is far more sense of it being on an island in a greater expanse of water and a viewpoint as close as this is no longer feasible. Keywords: Egypt, Aswan, Nubia, River Nile, Philae, Temple, Isis, pylons, kiosk, Trajan, Island, water, history, antiquity, Egyptian, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, landscape, Antonio Beato, Victorian, photographer, earliest, albumen, print, copy
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Victorian Albumen Prints
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Beato Philae Island 28JHP05
Upload Date: 2005-10-25 11:05:49
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Philae Temple Original Island River Nile Highview Beato Old Photo

Albumen Print Egypt, dedicated to the Goddess Isis and here photographed by Antonio Beato, a Victorian photographer around 1890 and this copy is taken from his album called The Nile 1872. On its modern relocated site there is far more sense of it being on an island in a greater expanse of water and a viewpoint as close as this is no longer feasible.
Keywords: Egypt, Aswan, Nubia, River Nile, Philae, Temple, Isis, pylons, kiosk, Trajan, Island, water, history, antiquity, Egyptian, ancient, archaeology, Egyptology, landscape, Antonio Beato, Victorian, photographer, earliest, albumen, print, copy