
Maxime Du Camp
Temple Hypêthre, Philoe; Nubie, plate 70 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
1849
Among the earliest photographs of the Temple of Isis at Philae, this salted paper print documents the hypaethral (open-roofed) sanctuary before the site's later submersion by the Aswan Dam, serving as both artistic achievement and archaeological record.
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