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The Nile During Inundation
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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The Nile During Inundation

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Datelate 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsSight: 11 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (30.2 x 41 cm)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
    Object number2006.34.2.2
    DescriptionBathing was important to the ancient Egyptians, and according to Herodotus intolerably important for their priests. When the Nubian pharaoh Piye was preparing to enter the temple complex at Karnak, the king instructed his troops: "When you arrive in Thebes, in front of Karnak, enter into the water and purify yourselves in the river (Nile)...." This photo appears to have been taken during the time of the Nile's annual inundation. Rains in the highlands of Abysinnia swelled the Blue Nile, which met the White Nile at Khartoum and sent the rising, silt-laden waters north to cover the fields of Egypt. During the summer months Egypt disappeared beneath the brown waters, the whole of the land a vast sheet of water stretching from desert to desert, with the villages protruding like islands from the flood. In antiquity this was a time of increased navigation, festivals in honor of the inundation, booths and bowers on the edge of the swollen river, and festooned boats upon the waters. Since the building of the High Dam, the inundation no longer occurs in the Nile valley north of Aswan.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Voiliers arabes dans le Nil (Arab Sailboats on the Nile)
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    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
    Dahabiyeh at Luxor
    Antonio Beato
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Two Egyptian Women
    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
    Bishareen Family Portrait
    Adelphoi Zangaki
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dish
    Artist Unknown
    1851-1855
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Artist Unknown
    1st to 2nd century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Sprinkler Flask
    Artist Unknown
    2nd to 4th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Flask
    Artist Unknown
    3rd to 4th century
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