| C.G. Fountaine Temple of Erment [Armant], Upper Egypt [Photographic views taken in Egypt and Greece by C. G. Fontaine] 1862 Albumen print 25.4 x 34.3 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2081572 LL/93237 Frontal view of the temple of Armant with some of the remaining columns around its courtyard, the small hypostyle hall and the entrance to the sanctuary. The temple, built between the XI Dynasty and the Roman period (c.2040 BC-AD 200), was dedicated to the war-god Montu and largely destroyed during the late nineteenth century.
Acquired by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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