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Dendérah (Tentyris). Temple d'Athôr - Sanctuaire Placé a l'angle sud-ouest de la Plateforme Inférieure
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
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 1ad77e14-a0de-4c4b-9aee-e246ed12bfde
What the image shows
Ancient temple ruins with carved columns and statues, set against a backdrop of weathered stone and scattered debris. The text at the top reads "ÉGYPTE" and below the image, "DENDÉRAH (TENTRIS)."
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From the Getty Museum record
The ruins of a square temple building. The temple has a rectangular entrance, which is partially obstructed by debris. Sunken relief sculptures depicting the face of a pharaoh figure adorn pilasters along the facade of the temple.
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- Dendera Temple — Qena Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Dendérah (Tentyris)”
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