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Abū Sunbul (Egypt)

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  • Statues outside the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: detail of facade showing Ramesses II and the sun god Ra; a man squats in the foreground to show scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.
  • The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: interior with standing colossi. Photograph by Jean Sébah, ca. 1890.
  • Statues inside the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Abu Simbel: two temples seen from across the Nile river. Coloured etching by A. Aglio, 1820, after G. Belzoni.
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    Statues outside the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

    Roberts, David, 1796-1864. | Date: [1849] | Reference: 2853598i
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    The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: four seated colossi of Ramesses II; a man stands in the foreground as an indication of scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

    Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886. | Date: 1875 | Reference: 576068i
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    The Abou Simbel temple (the Sun Temple of Ramesses II), Nubia, Egypt: detail of facade showing Ramesses II and the sun god Ra; a man squats in the foreground to show scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

    Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886. | Date: 1875 | Reference: 576076i
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    The Abou Simbel small temple (Nefertari's temple of Hathor), Nubia, Egypt: six standing colossi. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

    Sébah, Pascal, 1823-1886. | Date: 1875 | Reference: 576049i
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    Abu Simbel: two temples seen from across the Nile river. Coloured etching by A. Aglio, 1820, after G. Belzoni.

    Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823. | Date: 1820 | Reference: 23661i
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