File:Temples, Nubia, Abu Simbel - UNESCO - PHOTO0000003382 0000.tiff

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(5,952 × 4,125 pixels, file size: 70.83 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Photographer
Roque Javier Laurenza
Description
Français : Vue d'une statue colossale. Le roi porte une couronne et une barbe postiche. Ses bras sont croisés sur sa poitrine. Il tient un sceptre et un petit fouet. Derrière lui, un mur avec des hiéroglyphes.
Depicted place Temples of Abu Simbel (Q134140), Egypt (Q79)
Keywords
InfoField
Temples, Historic monuments, Ancient history, Egyptology, Preservation of monuments,
Date October 1959
date QS:P571,+1959-10-00T00:00:00Z/10
Accession number
PHOTO0000003382
Inscriptions
English: Great Temple (height 110 feet; width 127 feet) built under the XIXth Dynasty. On the facade, four colossuses about 67 feet high represent Rameses II (1290-1223 B.C.). The complete work is 210 feet in depth, and carved in the rock. The pronaos, or entrance hall, is 60 feet in depth and has eight Osiriac pillars representing Rameses II as the god Osiris. The walls of the temple are covered with bas-reliefs showing scenes from the life of the King. Shown here Detail of one of the giant statues of the pronaos. Each colossus measures about 27 feet.
Archival code
InfoField
L.538/9
Source

UNESCO Archives

This file has been provided by UNESCO as part of a GLAM-Wiki partnership.


This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

English | +/−

Permission
(Reusing this file)
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license.
Attribution: UNESCO / Roque Javier Laurenza
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
Other versions
  • Front of the photo
    Front of the photo

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:18, 6 November 2020Thumbnail for version as of 11:18, 6 November 20205,952 × 4,125 (70.83 MB)AliciaFagervingWMSE-bot (talk | contribs)pattypan 20.04

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Temples,_Nubia,_Abu_Simbel_-_UNESCO_-_PHOTO0000003382_0000.tiff&oldid=794873523"