Kardâcy. Vue Générale des Ruines du Temple

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Kardâcy. Vue Générale des Ruines du Temple

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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 about 1853–1854
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
d1a7b06e-9858-4ba6-bb2a-d26d90323027

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Six columns stand alone in the middle of a field of rubble.

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  • Kiosk of Kertassi (original site) — Nubia, Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Kardâcy”
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