Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Aga Khan Mausoleum
Image View:
Context view looking west over the Nile River from Aswan
Creator:
unknown (Egyptian (modern))
Location:
site: Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt
Date:
ca. 1957 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Egyptian (modern); Islamic
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
mausoleum
Classification:
architecture
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; death or burial; rulers and leaders
Description:
On the West bank of Aswan. "To the south, the massive granite mausoleum of the third Aga Khan (1877-1957) overlooks the river. A square, single-domed structure in the Fatimid style, it contains a tomb of solid Carrara marble." (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart. com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module One
Identifier:
1A2-EG-A-AKM-A1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Aga Khan Mausoleum