Djébel-Selséleh (Silsilis). Stèles Architecturales Taillées dans les Carrières

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Djébel-Selséleh (Silsilis). Stèles Architecturales Taillées dans les Carrières

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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
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
1774e728-d06c-4988-af96-d82a5843736f

The ruins of a structure carved into the side of a rocky hill. The structure consists of four columns supporting a partial roof. The ground is covered in rocks and brush.

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