RCS/Y30214A-C/Y30214A contains:
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6	The New English Church etc. from the Tower of Hippicus, Jerusalem
7	Nazareth, from the north-west
8	View at Luxor
9	Bethlehem, with the church of the Nativity
10	Sculptures from the outer wall, Dendera
11	View from Philae, looking north
12	Entrance to the Great Temple, Luxor
13	Nablous, the ancient Shechem
14	Colossi and Sphynx at Wady Saboua, Nubia
15	Abou Simbel, Nubia
16	Baalbec [Ba`labakk], from the south
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Albums by Francis Frith

Title	View from Philae, looking north
Reference	Y30214A/11
Creator	Frith, Francis, 1822-1898, photographer
Covering Dates	circa 1857
Extent and Medium	Fair condition, some fading in from edges.

Content and context

234 x 152 mm. A view showing the temple colonnades at the left of the print with the Nile winding away through a rocky landscape beyond. The island of Philae lies above the Asswan Dam, completed in 1906, and when the sluices were closed, the island was submerged. With the building of the second dam the problem of the survival of the monuments at Philae became acute and a twenty year project to remove the buildings to Agilkia has recently been completed.

Further information

For an article on the twenty years project see: Edwards, I.E.S. (1980) How they moved Philae's monuments to safety. 'The Times', 8th March, p. 12.

For a panoramic view of the submerged island, see Y3041A/36.

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Frith, Francis (1822-1898) photographer

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