Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Great Temple of Abu Simbel
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Accession Number:
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152396
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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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Seated statue of Ramesses II, on the viewer's far left, frontal view
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Date of View:
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8/20/2003
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Image description:
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J.L. Burckhardt, who discovered the temple in 1813, said of this face that it "was the most expressive, youthful countenance, approaching nearer to the Grecian model of beauty than that of any ancient Egyptian figure I have seen"
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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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