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Ramses II Temple at Abu Simbel

2008-1214-09
Accession Number
2008-1214-09
1x1.5
Color
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NAID 350475372
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Historic sites
Monuments
HST Keywords
Africa; Egypt
Rights

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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
View of the Ramses II temple located in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
1961