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Erment (Hermonthis). Vue Générale des Ruines - Temple et Màmmisi
Creator
Félix TeynardFrench Photographer · 1817–1892
All works by this person →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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- negative 1851–1852; print 1853
- Medium
- Salted paper print
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- French
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- da41f6b7-e3de-48a1-890b-01e232b861fb
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The ruins of a temple and mammisi, or a small chapel. A row of four columns supporting an entablature stands at the center of the ruins. The columns are surrounded by three partial walls.
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- Armant — Luxor Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Erment (Hermonthis)”
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