The Temple of Edfu
Artist: Francis Frith (British, 1822-1898)
Date: about 1857
Dimensions:
mat: 16 3/4 x 20 7/8 in. (42.5 x 53 cm)
image: 6 3/4 x 9 in. (17.1 x 22.9 cm)
Medium: Albumen silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Ronald G. Bauman in memory of his sister, Barbara Bauman Hart
Object number: 2001.37
Label Text:This photograph shows the Temple of Edfu before it had been completely unearthed by 19-century archeologists. The Temple stands approximately 60 miles south of Luxor and is one of the best-preserved monuments of ancient Egypt. At this temple, Horus, the child of Isis and Osiris, was worshipped in several forms—as a falcon, as a human being with a falcon’s head, and as a winged disk.
DescriptionAlbumen silver print from wet plate, collodion glass negative.
Albumen silver print from wet plate, collodion glass negative.
Albumen silver print from wet plate, collodion glass negative.
Not on view
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