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Dakkeh (Pselcis). Vue Générale du Temple
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 about 1851–1852; print 1854
- Medium
- Salted paper print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 075ec66b-eca1-42cb-b0ed-dd27944f9678
What the image shows
Ancient temple ruins in a desert landscape. The ruins consist of a few stone structures, including a taller building with columns, set against a flat, sandy terrain under a clear sky. The text at the top reads "NUBIE" and at the bottom, "DARKEE PSELGIS" followed by "VUE GENERALE DU TEMPLE."
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From the Getty Museum record
A small temple complex consisting of two buildings stands in the middle of the desert.
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Places this record points to
- Temple of Dakka (original site) — Nubia, Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Dakkeh (Pselcis)”
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