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Date

1877

Artist

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808-1894)

Collection

Christie's

Acknowledgements

Bridgeman Images

Descriptive Medium

pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper

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Image Credit

image © Christie's

Location

Philae Temple, Agilkia Island, Aswan First, Aswan Governorate, Egypt

Country

Egypt

TWW Comment

Philae Temple originally stood on Philae Island (today at Aswan First, Aswan Governorate, Egypt) originally located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. These rapids and the surrounding area have been variously flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902.The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. (Wikipedia)

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