Egypt
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 and hunting scenes dating back to the Old Kingdom, two temples of Beit Al- Wali and Garf Hussein from the New Kingdom, the stele of King Ahmos II of the 26th dynasty, Kalabsha temple and Kartas chapel of the Ptolemaic age.
- 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...
- 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...
Egypt
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 and hunting scenes dating back to the Old Kingdom, two temples of Beit Al- Wali and Garf Hussein from the New Kingdom, the stele of King Ahmos II of the 26th dynasty, Kalabsha temple and Kartas chapel of the Ptolemaic age.
- 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...
- 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...