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Philæ - The Hypæthral Temple Commonly Called Pharaoh's Bed, and Small Chapel

Date

1862

Medium

Albumen silver print

Culture

English

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

View of the Pharaoh's Bed at Philae. The temple consists of four sides of carved stone columns with no roof. A smaller stone temple adorned sits in the foreground to the left, surrounded by the remnants of stone walls. Palm trees line the banks of the Nile River, which can be seen behind the temple.

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