The photograph illustrates the banks of Chelal (caption on the back of the image), at the height of the First Cataract of the Nile, near …

A. Beato, 1870 - 1888

The photograph illustrates the banks of Chelal (caption on the back of the image), at the height of the First Cataract of the Nile, near Aswan. The author's signature (slightly faded) is written at the bottom right.. · description from the collection

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Artist: A. Beato ¹
Date: 1870 - 1888 ¹
Medium: Albumen paper/Positive ¹
License: CC0 (Museo Egizio, Archivio fotografico)
Credit: Archivio Museo Egizio, INV32_007

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Photograph of the southern side of the colonnaded atrium (hypostyle hall) of the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo. The image can be attributed to Antonio Beato.

View of Emperor Trajan's Kiosk, erected near the temple complex of Isis on the island of Philae. The author's signature can be seen at the bottom.

The photograph shows a panorama of the city of Aswan along the banks of the Nile. With some moored boats and the riverbank (left), as well as a minaret (centre) and a railway (right).

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