Egypt
- Photo For Today - Beit El-wali
Ramesses II with the Elephantine deity Khnum and his consort Anukis Beit el-Wali, New Kalabsha island, near Aswan This is the last of the photos from Beit el-Wali. There will be more from New Kalabsha in the next couple of weeks. Egyptology News Blog,...
- Photo For Today: Beit Al-wali
The god Khnum Beit al-Wali, near Aswan, Lake Nasser Beit al-Wali is a small temple dedicated to Ramesses II which was moved to the small island of New Kalabsha, in the sight of the Aswan High Dam, when Lake Nasser was created. It was dedicated to the...
- Travel: Respite In Aswan
The Times, ZA (Stanley Stewart) God invented Egypt for people hell-bent on sight-seeing. From the pyramids of Giza to the Valley of the Kings, the Nile is just one darned monument after another. Temples, tombs, pyramids, sphinxes: it can go on a bit....
- Tourism: New Investment In Abu Simbel
State Information Service Aswan Governor said that new investment projects in Aswan and High Dam Lake will be implemented. He noted that the government agreed to establish huge international tourism resort in Abu Simble city by investments $ 100 million...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Adelaide Now (Jessica Hurt) Aswan was originally known as Swenet, a frontier town of ancient Egypt. Its quarries were celebrated for their stone, especially the granitic rock called syenite. Their stone was used in the colossal statues, obelisks and shrines...
Egypt
Aswan Travel
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16315034^33975,00.html
"Aswan is Egypt's largest southern settlement, an oasis north of the Sudanese border. The town is alive with the memory of French and British colonialism, and the ghosts of Napoleon, Kitchener, Winston Churchill and various princesses of Wales. Elephantine Island – a resort island dotted with hotels, the Aswan museum and villages – is an archeology-lover's paradise that transports the visitor to ancient Egypt". A portrait of Aswan and what it offers today's visitors - more about the variety of experiences and services available than the archaeology, but it may be of interest to potential visitors.
- Photo For Today - Beit El-wali
Ramesses II with the Elephantine deity Khnum and his consort Anukis Beit el-Wali, New Kalabsha island, near Aswan This is the last of the photos from Beit el-Wali. There will be more from New Kalabsha in the next couple of weeks. Egyptology News Blog,...
- Photo For Today: Beit Al-wali
The god Khnum Beit al-Wali, near Aswan, Lake Nasser Beit al-Wali is a small temple dedicated to Ramesses II which was moved to the small island of New Kalabsha, in the sight of the Aswan High Dam, when Lake Nasser was created. It was dedicated to the...
- Travel: Respite In Aswan
The Times, ZA (Stanley Stewart) God invented Egypt for people hell-bent on sight-seeing. From the pyramids of Giza to the Valley of the Kings, the Nile is just one darned monument after another. Temples, tombs, pyramids, sphinxes: it can go on a bit....
- Tourism: New Investment In Abu Simbel
State Information Service Aswan Governor said that new investment projects in Aswan and High Dam Lake will be implemented. He noted that the government agreed to establish huge international tourism resort in Abu Simble city by investments $ 100 million...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Adelaide Now (Jessica Hurt) Aswan was originally known as Swenet, a frontier town of ancient Egypt. Its quarries were celebrated for their stone, especially the granitic rock called syenite. Their stone was used in the colossal statues, obelisks and shrines...