Tempel te Semna before 1862

This photograph, taken by Francis Frith in 1862, depicts the Temple at Semna in Sudan. The Temple is in ruins and the image captures the detail of its stone structure and the surrounding rubble. The image was part of a larger collection, "The Temple at Semna, in the Kingdom of Ethiopia," and now resides at the Rijksmuseum. It's an excellent example of 19th-century photographic documentation of ancient architecture. Frith's image provides a glimpse into the grandeur of a lost civilization and the enduring power of stone.