| C.G. Fountaine Pylon, Medéenet Haboo [Medinet Habu], Thebes, Upper Egypt [Photographic views taken in Egypt and Greece by C. G. Fontaine] 1862 Albumen print 29.9 x 40.5 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2081575 LL/93240 View of the Ptolemaic pylon of the temple complex at Medinet Habu, aligned with the pylon of the temple of Amun built by Hatshepsut (1473-1458 BC) and Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC), partially visible on the left-hand side. The complex, built over structures dating from the Middle Kingdom, dates from the New Kingdom to the Late period (c.1550-332 BC) and consists mostly of the mortuary temple of Rameses III (1184-1153 BC).
Acquired by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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