Philae island. Wilhelm Hammerschmidt, photographer (German, born Prussia, died 1869) 1860s A landscape view of the Philae temple complex. The island holds a walled structure with three main temple structures the centermost has low relief hieroglyphics on the facade wall. (Recto) upper right, in pencil: "74"; (Verso) lower left, in pencil: "A 32 86 (Ham)";

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