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The excavations of Antinopolis, Egypt, by Albert Gayet, 1904. Artist: Unknown

The excavations of Antinopolis, Egypt, by Albert Gayet, 1904. Antinopolis (Antinoe) was a city on the bank of the Nile founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian near the site where his deified lover Antinous drowned in 130. It was built on the site of an earlier Ancient Egyptian settlement that included a great temple built by Rameses II. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th January 1904.

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The excavations of Antinopolis, Egypt, by Albert Gayet, 1904. Artist: Unknown

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The excavations of Antinopolis, Egypt, by Albert Gayet, 1904. Antinopolis (Antinoe) was a city on the bank of the Nile founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian near the site where his deified lover Antinous drowned in 130. It was built on the site of an earlier Ancient Egyptian settlement that included a great temple built by Rameses II. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th January 1904.

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