Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Negative number 62235 C-18, 32.
- General
- Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- Typed index card reads, "T 6 Egy. Egypt. Philae Island. Temple during annual nile flood. Ptolemaic Period. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62235 C-18, 32." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Egypt
- Topic
- Cultural landscapes
- Monuments
- Architecture -- Egypt
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt
- Extent
- 1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
- Date
- 1961
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 07128
- Type
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Black-and-white negatives
- Negatives
- Scope and Contents
- "The island of Philae, famous for its rich heritage of temples, now lies submerged beneath the waters of Lake Nasser to the south of Aswan. Thankfully, however, when the Aswan High Dam was built in the 1960s the island's temples were dismantled and then reconstructed on the higher terrain of nearby Agilkia Island, which was prepared and landscaped to look like the original Philae." [Wilkinson R., 2000: The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson]. "In the last six years of Ptolemy V, the southern front part of the enclosure wall of Nectanebo I was taken down and replaced by a 20m high (first) pylon, which incorporated the gate of Nectanebo I. The decoration of the pylon continued during the reigns of Ptolemy VI and XII." [Arnold D., 1999: Temples of the Last Pharaohs. Oxford University Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871013793-5
