Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Great Temple of Abu Simbel
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Accession Number:
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152380
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module ONE--5,893 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Frontal view of the Temple of Ramesses II, depicting left two seated statues of Ramesses II, with the head of the second statue in the foreground (believed to have fallen in an earthquake in 27 BCE)
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Date of View:
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8/20/2003
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module ONE
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Culture:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Subject:
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Ramses II, King of Egypt
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Work Types:
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complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; temples
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Preferred Title:
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Great Temple of Abu Simbel
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Agent Display:
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unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Date:
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relocated 1964-1968 (other)
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Materials:
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stone; sandstone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurement:
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22 m (height, colossi); 30 x 35 m (length, facade)
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Alternate Title:
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Temple of Re-Horakhty
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Locations:
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Abu Sunbul, Upper Egypt, Egypt
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Ramesside Period
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth Dynasty
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Style/Period:
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New Kingdom (Egyptian)
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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