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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.

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.

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour and gum arabic ; sheet 32 x 48.6 cm

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 26.8 x 35.3 cm

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 34.7 x 25.8 cm

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 38.5 x 54.8 cm

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour and gum arabic ; sheet 32.5 x 48.7 cm

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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: four seated colossi of Ramesses II; a man stands in the foreground as an indication of scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

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.

Abu Simbel: two temples seen from across the Nile river. Coloured etching by A. Aglio, 1820, after G. Belzoni.

Statues inside the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

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Great Temple (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: four seated colossi of Ramesses II; a man stands in the foreground as an indication of scale. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

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.

Abu Simbel: two temples seen from across the Nile river. Coloured etching by A. Aglio, 1820, after G. Belzoni.

Statues inside the temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

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