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Africa, Nubia, Temple of Gerf Hussein,1840s
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Title: Africa, Nubia, Temple of Gerf Hussein,1840s
Caption: The temple of Gerf Hussein (Per Ptah, or House of Ptah) was dedicated to pharoah Ramesses II and built by the Setau, Viceroy of Nubia. Situated on a bank of the Nile south of Aswan, it was partly free-standing and partly cut from the rock. The rear portion of the building was carved out of rock and follows the structure of Abu Simbel with a pillared hall featuring two rows of three statue pillars and four statue recesses, each with divine triads along the sides. Beyond the hall lay the hall of the offering table and the barque chamber with four cult statues of Ptah, Ramesses, Ptah-Tatenen and Hathor carved out of the rock. During the building of the Aswan dam project in the 1960s, sections of the free-standing portion of this temple were dismantled and they have now been reconstructed at the site of New Kalabsha. Most of the rock cut temple was left in place and is now submerged beneath the waters of the Nile. David Roberts (October 24, 1796 - November 25, 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838-1840).
Credit: Album / Science Source / Library of Congress
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Image size: 3329 × 4500 px | 42.9 MB
Print size: 28.2 × 38.1 cm | 1310.6 × 1771.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1840S • 19TH CENTURY • AFRICA • AFRICAN CONTINENT • AFRICAN • ANCIENT CIVILIZATION • ARCHITECTURE • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • DAVID ROBERTS • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTOLOGY • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FREESTANDING • GERF HUSSEIN • HISTORY • NUBIA • RAMESSES II • TEMPLE OF GERF HUSSEIN • TEMPLE
