Béni-Haçan. Architecture Hypogéenne - Tombeau d'Amoneï

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Béni-Haçan. Architecture Hypogéenne - Tombeau d'Amoneï

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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
27a10861-fc21-4860-891c-8e23c36b6ae7

The facade of a tomb built into the side of a wall. Two rectangular columns support a low roof. Hieroglyphs and graffiti have been inscribed on the interior walls.

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