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Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi
Creator
Francis FrithPhotographer · 1822–1898
All works by this person →Before turning his attention to photography around 1850, Francis Frith was apprenticed to a cutlery firm and worked as a wholesale grocer. With a partner he opened the Frith & Hayward photography studio in Liverpool. In 1856 Frith made an extended trip to Egypt, traveling up the Nile from Cairo to Abu Simbel. He photographed along the entire way, using three different cameras: a stereoscopic one a
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- English
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a5491e07-4654-4c2c-be01-b7534666352f
What the image shows
Ancient stone ruins with a doorway and overgrown vegetation.
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Small pool surrounded by brush with stone ruin to its left and mountains in the background.
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- Banias (Caesarea Philippi) — Golan HeightsMatched from the record’s own words: “Banias, The Ancient Caesarea Philippi”
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