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El-Kab (Éléthya). Vue Générale de l'Hémi-Spéos
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
- 1ca7a900-49ff-4c03-b4c3-4e22294f30db
What the image shows
Ancient temple ruins beside a rocky hillside, with scattered debris and a few standing columns. The text reads "EGYPTE" at the top and "EL-KAB ELEPHIA" at the bottom.
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General view of a cluster of ruins in the desert. A cluster of ruined structures sits at the base of a small sandy hill.
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- El-Kab (Elkab) — Aswan Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “El-Kab (Élethya)”
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