Object Details
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Citation
Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
"The rock-cut temple of Ramesses II on the west bank of the nile at Abu Simbel is the greatest of the seven rock-cut temples which the king constructed in Nubia. The forecourt which fronted the temple contained two tanks for the ablutions of the priests. On the northern side of this terrace stood a small sun-chapel and on the south a chapel of Thoth. The massive facade of the main temple is dominated, of course, by the four seated colossi of Ramesses." [Wilkinson R., 2000: The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
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Local Numbers
T 6 EGY 476.1 EE 47
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Frame value is 4.
Slide No. T 6 EGY 476.1 EE 47
Place
Africa
Egypt
Topic
Cultural landscapes
Works of art in situ
Monuments
Architecture -- Egypt
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
1947
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 17876
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Color slides
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
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