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Maxime Du Camp — Gournah, Pérystyle du Tombeau d'Osymandias (Ramesseum Occidental); Thèbes, plate 59 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Maxime Du Camp

Gournah, Pérystyle du Tombeau d'Osymandias (Ramesseum Occidental); Thèbes, plate 59 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)

1849

Documenting the peristyle of the Ramesseum, this photograph reveals the monumental scale and architectural details of Ramesses II's mortuary temple. As part of Du Camp's groundbreaking photographic survey, it preserves views of Egyptian monuments as they appeared in the mid-19th century.

Medium
Salted paper print

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