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1. 1786.b.33, 2(17)

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1786.b.33, 2(17)
Title:
Tafa. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a collection of miscellaneous ruined structures at Tafa (ancient Taphis), a few miles south of Gertasi: 'This plain is strewn with remains of a late date and to which it is difficult to assign any use. They are stone enclosures, entered by a gateway and...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

2. 1786.b.33, 2(19)

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1786.b.33, 2(19)
Title:
Dendoor. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from below, looking up towards the temple at Dendur, described in the accompanying letterpress as 'of a peculiar plan, but otherwise uninteresting;' now removed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

3. 1786.b.33, 2(21)

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1786.b.33, 2(21)
Title:
Maharaka. (Temple.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the ruins of the temple at Miharrakah, with columns standing among piles of masonry, 'one of the most picturesque remains in Nubia, though never finished … There are no sculptures or paintings, a very rude representation of Isis, sitting un...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

4. 1786.b.33, 2(23)

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1786.b.33, 2(23)
Title:
Korusko. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the mosque, with hillside beyond: 'Korusko may be considered the commercial metropolis of Nubia. It contains about 100 huts built of stones and mud, the walls are seldom more than seven feet high. Some of the roofs are covered by reeds or pa...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

5. 1786.b.33, 2(15)

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1786.b.33, 2(15)
Title:
Gertassee. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the standing columns of the temple at Qertassi, on the west bank of the Nile, about 15 miles south of Philae, with the river in the background: 'It is placed on the very brink of a steep hill, and from the beauty of its situation excites expectation, wh...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

6. 1786.b.33, 2(20)

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1786.b.33, 2(20)
Title:
Dakkah. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the Temple of Thoth at el-Dakka (ancient Pcelcis), with the main body of the sanctuary in the foreground and the pylon beyond to the right. Between 1962 and 1968 the temple was moved upstream to a site at el-Sebua.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

7. 1786.b.33, 2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 2(18)
Title:
Kalabshe. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto temple buildings on the hillside at Kalabsha (ancient Talmis), with the Nile and the eastern bank beyond: 'Kalabshe is a temple, or rather an assemblage of temples on the left bank of the Nile, about 20 miles above the first cataract. The...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

8. 1786.b.33, 2(22)

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1786.b.33, 2(22)
Title:
Sabooa. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking towards the half-buried inner pylon of the Temple of Amun and Re-Horakhty at el-Sebua, with a group of children and a small stuffed crocodile in the foreground: 'At Sabooa are the remains of a temple of the time of Rameses II. It is approached by a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

9. 1786.b.33, 2(26)

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1786.b.33, 2(26)
Title:
Amada. Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View from the south-west, looking up towards the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Amun-Re and Re-Horakhty at Amada, 'a temple in Nubia, built, sculptured and painted in the highest style of Egyptian Art, during the 18th dynasty...It is one of the very few temple...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 item

10. 1786.b.33, 2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
1786.b.33, 2(13)
Title:
Philae. (Colonnade.) Photographer: Douglas, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking down onto the west colonnade of the Temple of Isis, with boulder-strewn hillside of the island of Biga beyond. This is technically one of the more successful exposures made by Douglas, and the accompanying letterpress gives some description of the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1861
Extent:
1 item

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