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Relocation Collection

Background imageRelocation Collection: Paris Floods - Relocation - Quai de Billy

Paris Floods - Relocation - Quai de Billy - January, 1910 (note the Hotel is called the Navy Hotel !!). Date: 1910

Background imageRelocation Collection: Memnon Colossi / Thebes

Memnon Colossi / Thebes
Amenhotep III (18th Dyn) built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic 75ft high statues on the outer gates. These have survived nature and relocation Date: 1848

Background imageRelocation Collection: WW1 - Extrication of the Belgian Army from Antwerp

WW1 - Extrication of the Belgian Army from Antwerp - a packed trainload of troops at Maldeghem on the railway between Ghent and Bruges

Background imageRelocation Collection: Cartoon, Poincare and Kaiser, WW1

Cartoon, Poincare and Kaiser, WW1
Cartoon, showing President Raymond Poincare of France on his way to Bordeaux (where the French government relocated in the early days of the First World War)

Background imageRelocation Collection: View of Bordeaux, location of French government, WW1

View of Bordeaux, location of French government, WW1
View of Bordeaux, where the French government relocated in the early days of the First World War. Seen here are the Place de la Comedie and Rue 30 Juillet. Date: 1914

Background imageRelocation Collection: Indian troops in France - WWI

Indian troops in France - WWI
Colonial Allied Indian troops in France being conveyed in motor lorries toward the western front. Date: circa 1916

Background imageRelocation Collection: The small temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

The small temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
One of the Abu Simbel temples ( The Small Temple ) - two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel, Nubia, southern Egypt, situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser

Background imageRelocation Collection: Temple of Isis, Philae Island, Egypt

Temple of Isis, Philae Island, Egypt
The Temple of Isis on Philae Island (Lake Nasser, Nubia), Egypt, showing the entrance and a row of columns. It was later relocated to the nearby Agilkia Island to enable the construction of the Aswan

Background imageRelocation Collection: Temples of Philae, being moved to prevent submersion

Temples of Philae, being moved to prevent submersion, the Tutunkhamun Exhibition in London part-financed this operation. Photograph by Lionel Coates


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