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title: Statues Outside the Temple of Abu Simbel
author: David Roberts / Wellcome Collection
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13451/statues-outside-the-temple-of-abu-simbel/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Statues Outside the Temple of Abu Simbel

_Authored by David Roberts / Wellcome Collection_

## Image File

[![Statues Outside the Temple of Abu Simbel](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13451.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13451.jpg)

## Image Caption

Statues outside the [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of [Abu Simbel](https://www.worldhistory.org/Abu_Simbel/), [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/). Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849 CE.

Wellcome Collection, London.

David Roberts travelled in the Middle East and North [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/), particularly Egypt, from 1838 to 1839 CE. During his journey, Roberts produced a great number of sketches. He developed these into watercolours, which were the basis for the series of 247 lithographs called The Holy Land, [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/), Idumea, [Arabia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Arabia/), Egypt & Nubia, published between 1842 and 1849 CE.

The entire series of 247 lithographs was divided into six volumes, which were also available as two separate publications of three volumes each. The three volumes of Middle Eastern subjects are called The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, often referred to as "The Holy Land". The remaining three volumes are called Egypt & Nubia.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Collection, D. R. /. W. (2021, February 26). Statues Outside the Temple of Abu Simbel. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13451/statues-outside-the-temple-of-abu-simbel/>
### Chicago
Collection, David Roberts / Wellcome. "Statues Outside the Temple of Abu Simbel." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 26, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13451/statues-outside-the-temple-of-abu-simbel/>.
### MLA
Collection, David Roberts / Wellcome. "Statues Outside the Temple of Abu Simbel." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Feb 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13451/statues-outside-the-temple-of-abu-simbel/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ar483b4u) by **David Roberts / Wellcome Collection**. Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 26 February 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.