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LL/93237
C.G. Fountaine
1862
Temple of Erment [Armant], Upper Egypt
[Photographic views taken in Egypt and Greece by C. G. Fontaine]

Albumen print
25.4 x 34.3 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2081572
 
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
 
LL/93237


 

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