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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 Edfu Temple 18JHP05 Edfu Temple Pylon Highview River Nile Beato Old Victorian Albumen Photo Print is at a site located by the River Nile and is one of the main visits for most Luxor to Aswan cruise packages. One of the best preserved temples in Egypt this one is dedicated to the falcon God Horus and his granite likeness is probably one of the most photographed relicts in Egypt. Originally erected by Senwosret 1 it is mainly supplanted by the current Ptolemaic creation dating from 237BC, this particular part being started 116-71BC along with the present pylon and was photographed by Antonio Beato, a Victorian photographer around 1890 and this copy is taken from his album called The Nile 1872. It is little changed from the modern situation as seen in identical viewpoints in the modern Gallery except that a large town now obscures the open view to the river in the Beato photo. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Edfu Temple, West Bank, River Nile, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, temple, pylon, high view, preserved, Horus, Ptolemaic, landscape, Antonio Beato, 1872, albumen, print, Victorian, photographer, earliest
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Victorian Albumen Prints
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Beato Edfu Temple 18JHP05
Upload Date: 2005-10-25 10:59:01
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Edfu Temple Pylon Highview River Nile Beato Old Victorian Albumen

Photo Print is at a site located by the River Nile and is one of the main visits for most Luxor to Aswan cruise packages. One of the best preserved temples in Egypt this one is dedicated to the falcon God Horus and his granite likeness is probably one of the most photographed relicts in Egypt. Originally erected by Senwosret 1 it is mainly supplanted by the current Ptolemaic creation dating from 237BC, this particular part being started 116-71BC along with the present pylon and was photographed by Antonio Beato, a Victorian photographer around 1890 and this copy is taken from his album called The Nile 1872. It is little changed from the modern situation as seen in identical viewpoints in the modern Gallery except that a large town now obscures the open view to the river in the Beato photo.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Edfu Temple, West Bank, River Nile, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, temple, pylon, high view, preserved, Horus, Ptolemaic, landscape, Antonio Beato, 1872, albumen, print, Victorian, photographer, earliest