Egypt
- Restoration Of The Old Cataract Hotel In Aswan
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The legendary turn-of-the-last-century Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan is now as glamorous as it ever was following three years of restoration, writes Nevine El-Aref On a hilltop in Aswan, at the spot where the River Nile...
- 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....
- Travel: Cruising The Royal Route Of The Pharaohs
Ottawa Citizen (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Vancouver Sun (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Daily Photo - The Temple Of Beit Al-wali, New Kalabsha
Still lurking on Lake Nasser (mainly because I was in the file to find the Qasr Ibrim photos), here are images of Beit al-Wali. New Kalabsha is just to the south of Aswan, which can be visited as a morning/day trip from Aswan. A number of monuments rescued...
Egypt
Daily Photo - More views of Aswan, past and present
Thanks again to George Mutter for sending me these photographs, offering contrasts between Aswan as in 1906 and 2006. They are great. The first pair show camels in the forecourt of the Old Cataract Hotel (look closely at the modern one!). The latter pair are a view from the Old Cataract looking south down the Nile towards the First Cataract.
- Restoration Of The Old Cataract Hotel In Aswan
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The legendary turn-of-the-last-century Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan is now as glamorous as it ever was following three years of restoration, writes Nevine El-Aref On a hilltop in Aswan, at the spot where the River Nile...
- 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....
- Travel: Cruising The Royal Route Of The Pharaohs
Ottawa Citizen (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Vancouver Sun (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Daily Photo - The Temple Of Beit Al-wali, New Kalabsha
Still lurking on Lake Nasser (mainly because I was in the file to find the Qasr Ibrim photos), here are images of Beit al-Wali. New Kalabsha is just to the south of Aswan, which can be visited as a morning/day trip from Aswan. A number of monuments rescued...