Kalabcheh (Talmis). Ruines du Temple - Façade et Mur d'Enceinte

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Kalabcheh (Talmis). Ruines du Temple - Façade et Mur d'Enceinte

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Félix Teynard

French Photographer · 1817–1892

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In 1851, while a civil engineer in Grenoble, France, a center of Egyptological research, Félix Teynard embarked on a journey to photograph architectural structures in Egypt. Presumably self-taught in photography, Teynard traveled more than a thousand miles up the Nile River, "isolated in a region of unmitigated poverty . . . amidst the peoples of Egypt and Nubia," carrying his cumbersome, heavy eq

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Date
negative about 1851–1852; print 1854
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
9c079de0-2f20-46e5-805d-6aa1d6631074

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A rectangular, symmetrical temple with a large, central doorway stands on a level plain on the side of a rocky hill.

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  • Temple of Kalabsha (original site) — Nubia, Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Kalabcheh (Talmis)”
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