Object Details
- Local Numbers
- T 6 EGY 472.1 EE 61
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 62235
- Frame value is 34.
- Slide No. T 6 EGY 472.1 EE 61
- 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 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1961
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 17863
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- 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
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- "The temple of Khnum stood near the center of the ancient settlement and, like most Egyptian temples, must have undergone enlargement during different period. With the arrival of the Romans the temples of Elephantine were once again extended and embellished, and the latest decoration in the temple of Khnum, in fact, dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (A.D. 138-61). After Christianity was proclaimed the religion of the Roman empire, part of the temple was converted into a church, that there was some destruction. More destruction occured later when section of the temple was used to accomodate the legion that controlled the southern frontiers of Egypt in Byzantine times. The barracks were two-story structures of mud-brick built between the columns of the inner court and in the spacious outer court. After the Arab conquest of Egypt and the departure of the legion, the temple was transformed into contemporary domestic housing." [Kamil Jill, 1993: Aswan and Abu Simbel, History and Guide. The American University in Cairo 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-1536870822481-1536871013675-0
