C.G. Fountaine
1862
Temple of Sabooa [Sabua], Nubia
[Photographic views taken in Egypt and Greece by C. G. Fontaine]

Albumen print
25.0 x 33.9 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2081556
 
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
 
LL/93222