Djîzeh (Nécropole de Memphis.) Pyramide de Chéphren

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Djîzeh (Nécropole de Memphis.) Pyramide de Chéphren

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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 1851–1852; print 1853
Medium
Salted paper print
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
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Object ID
1265059b-a811-41b7-b3d0-4b45b1a4922b

A close view of Pyramid of Khafre (or of Chephren). The exterior walls of the pyramid are rough.

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