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Francis Frith
Philae, Egypt
1856
Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, uncut stereo pair
Private collection of John Hannavy
LL/31341
The location of the Temple of Philae as seen by Frith is now deep beneath the waters of Lake Nasser. As part of a huge UNESCO project in the 1960s which included the huge rock temples of Abu Simbel, the temple at Philae was painstakingly dismantled and rebuilt on a different island above the lake's high water level. (John Hannavy, 2008)
This photograph was included in the book by John Hannavy "Great Photographic Journeys - in the footsteps of Pioneer British Photographers" (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008 - # ISBN-10: 1904587542, # ISBN-13: 978-1904587545)
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