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Luxor Temple Across the Nile
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Luxor Temple Across the Nile

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Datelate 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsSight: 9 1/2 x 12 in. (24.1 x 30.5 cm)
Mat: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
    Object number2006.34.1.7
    DescriptionSeen in this view from the west bank of the Nile, Luxor Temple was the goal of the yearly journey of the god Amun of Karnak during the Feast of Opet. Luxor Temple was only one of the locations in Egypt believed to be the "Place of the First Occasion," the primeval mound of creation; here Amun of Karnak and his earthly representative, the king, came for rejuvenation. Luxor Temple was also linked to the Eighteenth Dynasty temple across the Nile at Medinet Habu, the traditional burial place of the Ogdoad (four male and female pairs of deities who assisted the creator god), and of a primeval, serpentine, creative form of Amun himself. The southernmost portions of Luxor Temple were built by Amenhotep III; the northern court and its great pylon, with scenes commemorating his Pyrrhic victory at Kadesh, are the work of Ramesses II.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    The Mosque of Abu'l Haggag at Luxor Temple
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Temple of Luxor
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1920
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Temple of Amun at Karnak
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    The Nile During Inundation
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Colossus of Ramesses II at Luxor Temple
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Queen Nefertari at Luxor Temple
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Temple of Abu Simbel
    Artist Unknown
    after 1910 (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Voiliers arabes dans le Nil (Arab Sailboats on the Nile)
    Adelphoi Zangaki
    ca. 1860-1889 (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Statue of Horus at Edfu
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    A Lady from the Tomb of Userhat
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Temple Model
    Nayarit
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
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