File:Temples, Abu Simbel - UNESCO - PHOTO0000003323 0001.tiff

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Dominique Roger    wikidata:Q67013607
 
Description French photographer
Date of birth 1950 / 1932 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Paris
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creator QS:P170,Q67013607
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English: Photograph showing the facade with six colossal statues of the Temple of Hathor or Small Temple. Six statues and little figure beside. One of them is destroyed. Between two colossi the entrance of the temple. Many hieroglyphes
Depicted place Temples of Abu Simbel (Q134140), Egypt (Q79)
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Temples, Historic monuments, Preservation of monuments, International cooperation, Ancient civilizations,
Date 22 September 1968
date QS:P571,+1968-09-22T00:00:00Z/11
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PHOTO0000003323
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English: International campaign for the saving of the Nubian Monuments was launched by UNESCO in 1960. The reconstruction of the Abu Simbel Great and Small Temples was completed in on their new elevated sites in September 1968. Temple of Hathor or Small Temple Constructed during the XIXth Dynasty. On the façade, six colossuses represent Rameses II (1290-1223 B.C.) and his wife, Queen Nefertari, shown as the Goddess Hathor. Beside each colossus are small figures in relief depicting the children of the royal couple.
Français : Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des monuments de Nubie lancée par l'UNESCO en 1960. Les travaux de reconstruction des Grand et Petit Temples d'Abou-Simbel ont été terminés en Septembre 1968. Ici, le Petit Temple. Sur la façade six colosses représentent Ramsès II (1290-1223 av. J.C.) et son épouse la reine Nefertari représentée sous l'aspect de la déesse Hathor. A côté de chaque colosse se trouvent de petites figures en haut-relief représentant les enfants du couple royal.
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34.98
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