Ruines d’Antinoe, Egypte (Ruins of the ancient city of Antinoopolis (Antino), Egypt)

Engraver	Augustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date	1839
Technique	Copper engraving
Category	Uncategorized
Source	L'Univers Pittoresque, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Paris

Description

Antinoopolis (Antino) is an ancient city founded by Roman Emperor Hadrian in memory of his lover Antinous, who died young and whom he deified. The city is located in Upper Egypt, on the east bank of the Nile River. It was built on the site of an ancient Egyptian settlement, very close to where Antinous drowned in the Nile in 130 AD.

antinoë, ruins, egypt