Early Egyptian Temple Photography
May 2026
These are all photographs of ancient Egyptian temples from the 1852 album 'Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie,' documenting archaeological sites in Egypt and Nubia during the early era of photographic documentation.
93 objects · 4 institutions
Baalbeck (Héliopolis), Colonnade Du Temple Du Soleil; Syrie
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Baalbeck (Héliopolis), Temple De Jupiter, Façade Orientale; Syrie
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Baalbeck (Héliopolis), Temple De Jupiter, Vue Prise à L'Angle Sud-est; Syrie
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Baalbeck (Héliopolis), Temple Du Jupiter, Façade Occidentale; Syrie
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Baalbeck, Intérieur De L'Enceinte Des Temples Du Soleil Et De Jupiter; Syrie
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Baalbek - Temple of Jupiter, No. 71 from "Good's Eastern Series"
Art Institute of Chicago
1860/90
Bois de Dattiers et de Palmiers Doums, Haute-Egypte, plate 23 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Colossol Monolith of Amenhotep III, Gournah
Cleveland Museum of Art
1849–51
Drômos et Philônes, Grand Temple d'Isis à Pilônes; Nubie, plate 72 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Ensemble du Temple d'Isis à Philae - Vue prise au Nord
Metropolitan Museum of Art
April 1850
Entrée de la Première Cataracte, Haute-Egypte, plate 66 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Façade Postérieure, Grand Temple de Dendérah (Teutyres), Haute Egypte, plate 18 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
First Pylon - French Inscription Carved on the Eastern Embrasure at Point H, Island of Fila (Philae)
Art Institute of Chicago
1851/52
General View of Monuments Carved into Bedrock with Photographer's Dahabieh. Abu Simbel
Cleveland Museum of Art
1851–1852
Gournah, Colosse Monolithe d'Aménôpht III; Thèbes, plate 56 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Gournah, Les Colosses; Thèbes, plate 54 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Gournah, Nécropole de Thèbes; Thèbes, plate 60 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Gournah, Palais de Ménephta 1er; Thèbes, plate 61 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Gournah, Sculptures du Trône des Colosses; Thèbes, plate 57 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Gournah, Statue de Memnon; Thèbes, plate 55 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Gournah, Tombeau d'Osymandias; Thèbes, plate 58 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple D’Isis, à Philoe (vue générale prise du nord), Nubie
Cleveland Museum of Art
1850
Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe, Galerie Orientale; Nubie, plate 73 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe, Inscription Démotique; Nubie, plate 76 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe, Proscynéma (Acte d'Adoration); Nubie, plate 75 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe, Second Pylône; Nubie, plate 74 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe, Tôth Ibiocéphale; Nubie, plate 79 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe, Vue Générale Prise du Nord; Nubie, plate 80 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple de Dendérah (Teutyres), Haute-Egypte, plate 17 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849-51, printed 1852
Grand Temple de Dendérah (Teutyres), Sculptures de la Façade Postérieure; Haute-Egypte, plate 19 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Grand Temple de Dendérah (Teutyres), Sculptures de la Façade Postérieure; Haute-Egypte, plate 20 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Hémi-Spéos De Séboua, Pylônes; Nubie, plate 98 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Inscription Démotique, Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe; Nubie, plate 77 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Jérusalem, Arcades Inférieures De L'Eglise Du Saint-Sépulcre; Palestine
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Jérusalem, Mosquée D'Omar; Palestine
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Jérusalem, Partie Occidentale Des Murailles; Palestine
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Jérusalem, Porte Dorée (Bab-El-Daharieh); Palestine
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Jérusalem, Quartier Occidental; Palestine
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Kalabscheh, Porte du Pronaos; Nubie, plate 90 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Kalabscheh, Sculptures De La Façade Postérieure Du Temple; Nubie, plate 91 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Kalabscheh, Sculptures De La Façade Postérieure Du Temple; Nubie, plate 92 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Kalabscheh, Vue Générale du Temple de Kalabscheh (Talmis); Nubie, plate 89 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Large Speos - View taken from the Sand Slope (Temple of Ramesses II), Abu Simbel
Cleveland Museum of Art
1851–52
Le Sphynx vu de Face, Egypte Moyenne, plate 11 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Louqsor, Grande Colonnade du Palais; Thèbes, plate 25 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Louqsor, Groupe de Colonnes dans le Palais; Thèbes, plate 26 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Louqsor, Vue Générale des Ruines; Thèbes, plate 24 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Maison et Jardin dans le Quartier Frank, Le Kaire, plate 3 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mer Morte et Montagnes de Judée. Palestine (The Dead Sea and the Mountains of Judea, Palestine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1875
Mosquée d'Aly-Bey, Girgeh, Haute-Egypte, plate 15 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée d'El-Arif et Tombeau de Mourad-Bey, Haute-Egypte, plate 13 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée de Bellal au Village de Bab; Nubie, plate 83 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée de Sultan Haçan, Le Kaire, plate 5 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée du Khalife Haakem Biamrillah, Le Kaire, plate 4 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée et Tombeau des Ayoubites, Le Kaire, plate 6 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée et Tombeau du Sultan Kansou-el-Gouri, Le Kaire, plate 7 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Mosquée près de Bab-el-Saïda, Le Kaire, plate 2 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie," (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Muraille Occidentale, Grand Temple d'Isis à Philoe; Nubie, plate 78 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Nécropole de l'Ancienne Lycopolis, Haute-Egypte, plate 12 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Palmiers Doums, Haute-Egypte, plate 22 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Pyramide de Chéops, Egypte Moyenne, plate 9 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Pyramide de Chéphren, Egypte Moyenne, plate 10 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Quartier Occidental, Jérusalem; Palestine
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Rive Orientale du Nil (Village de Bab), Vue Prise au Sud Philoe; Nubie, plate 82 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Rive Septentrionale du Nil (Village d'Abou-Koli), Vue Prise au Nord de Philoe; Nubie, plate 84 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Ruines d'Une Fortification Romaine, Philoe; Nubie, plate 71 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Sortie de la Première Cataracte, Haute-Egypte, plate 67 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Southern Portion of the Rock-cut Temple of Hathor, Abu Simbel
Cleveland Museum of Art
1850
Tempelresten in Baalbek, Libanon
Rijksmuseum
c. 1860
Temple De Dakkeh (Ancienne Pselcis); Nubie, plate 94 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple De Dakkeh, Naos; Nubie, plate 95 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple De Dandour (Ancienne Tantour), Dédié à La Triade Osiris-Isis-Horus; Nubie, plate 93 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple De Jupiter à Baalbeck (Héliopolis, Intérieur Du Naos; Syrie
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple Hypêthre, Philoe; Nubie, plate 70 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple d'Amada; Nubie, plate 99 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple d'Hermontis, Haute-Egypte, plate 63 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple d'Ombos, Haute-Egypte, plate 65 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple de Débôd, Parembole de l'Itinéraire d'Antonin; Nubie, plate 86 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple de Kardassy, Nubie, plate 87 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple de Tafeh (Ancienne Taphis), Nubie, plate 88 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Temple et Village de Débôd, Parembole de l'Itinéraire d'Antonin; Nubie, plate 85 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
The Garden of Olives, Jerusalem, No. 576 from the series "Views of Palestine"
Art Institute of Chicago
1860/85
Tombeau de Cidi-Abdellah-el-Marabout, Haute-Egypte, plate 62 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Tombeau de Sultans Mamelouks, Le Kaire, plate 8 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Village de Hamameh, Haute-Egypte, plate 21 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Village et Temple de l'Ile de Béghé, à l'Ouest de Philoe; Nubie, plate 81 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue Cavalière De La Seconde Cataracte; Nubie, plate 111 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue Générale Prise a l'Ouest, Le Kaire, plate 1 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie," (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue Générale d'Esneh, Haute-Egypte, plate 64 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue Générale, Girgeh, Haute-Egypte, plate 14 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue Générale, Grand Temple de Dendérah (Teutyres), Haute-Egypte, plate 16 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue Prise à l'Angle Sud-Ouest, Philoe; Nubie, plate 69 from the album "Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie" (1852)
Art Institute of Chicago
1849/51, printed 1852
Vue générale prise à l'angle sud-ouest, Philoe
Cleveland Museum of Art
1849–50