Egypt
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Kalabsha
The Temple of Kalabsha with the Kiosk of Qertassi in the foreground New Kalabsha Island, near Aswan Pylon, Temple of Kalabsha Kalabsha is the biggest of the Nubian Temples after Abu Simbel. It was originally located at Talamis, which has been submerged...
- 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 - Back To New Kalabsha
Now that Lucia's excellent photographs of Amarna have all been posted I'm back in Nubia with my holiday snaps from a Lake Nasser cruise in 2007. I still have some more photographs from Beit el Wali, both the interior and exterior, so I'll...
- Photo For Today: Beit El-wali
Over the next few days I'll be posting some more photographs from this lovely site. The colours are absolutely marvellous. I took these photographs when was there on a Lake Nasser cruise at the end of 2006. I had forgotten just how fresh the whole...
- Reopening, Restoring Kalabsha Island Temples
http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o150424z1.htmThe temples of Kalabsha Island in Aswan will be opened next month for visitors following a comprehensive restoration that covered the archaeological site. There are rock inscriptions of animals, boats...
Egypt
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 from the rising waters of Lake Nasser were assembled here, and one of the most beautiful is Beit al-Wali, which was originally a small rock cut temple of Ramesses II. Its name translates as House of the Holy Man, following its use as a Christian church - a fate that overcame many of the Nubian temples. It is has fabulous relief decoration in the forecourt and lovely paintwork on the interior. A number of deities closely associated with First Cataract, and not often seen elsewhere are also shown, which add to the appeal of the temple - including Khnum (the chief deity of ancient Elephantine), Satis and Anukis.
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Kalabsha
The Temple of Kalabsha with the Kiosk of Qertassi in the foreground New Kalabsha Island, near Aswan Pylon, Temple of Kalabsha Kalabsha is the biggest of the Nubian Temples after Abu Simbel. It was originally located at Talamis, which has been submerged...
- 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 - Back To New Kalabsha
Now that Lucia's excellent photographs of Amarna have all been posted I'm back in Nubia with my holiday snaps from a Lake Nasser cruise in 2007. I still have some more photographs from Beit el Wali, both the interior and exterior, so I'll...
- Photo For Today: Beit El-wali
Over the next few days I'll be posting some more photographs from this lovely site. The colours are absolutely marvellous. I took these photographs when was there on a Lake Nasser cruise at the end of 2006. I had forgotten just how fresh the whole...
- Reopening, Restoring Kalabsha Island Temples
http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o150424z1.htmThe temples of Kalabsha Island in Aswan will be opened next month for visitors following a comprehensive restoration that covered the archaeological site. There are rock inscriptions of animals, boats...