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C.G. Fountaine 
Temple of Sabooa [Sabua], Nubia 
[Photographic views taken in Egypt and Greece by C. G. Fontaine] 
1862 
  
Albumen print 
25.0 x 33.9 cm (image) 
  
The Royal Collection 
RCIN 2081556 
  
 
LL/93222 
  
View of the pylon of the Temple of Rameses II (1279-13 BC) at Sabua, partially buried in the sand, with some of the sphinxes and two standing statues of the king still indicating its avenue. The temple, partly rock-cut, was moved four kilometres to the west of its original site when Lake Nasser was created in the 1960s.
 
Acquired by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales 
 

 
  
 
  
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