Egypt
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- Photo For Today - Temple Of Amada
Built by Thutmosis III in the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Temple of Amada is the oldest of the Nubian temples. As with most of the sites around Lake Nasser this was rescued prior to the flooding of the desert to create Lake Nasser. It was dedicated to...
- Daily Photo By Bob Partridge (ancient Egypt Magazine)
Kiosk of Qertassi at New Kalabsha Ptolemaic period Click image to see a bigger version of the image I was at New Kalabsha in March 2007. The Lake Nasser sites have some very good memories for me and it is a pleasure to see them through Bob's very...
- Travel: A Cruise On Lake Nasser
The Observer (Daniel Hartmann) Having been put off the idea of a Nile cruise by traffic jams of cruise ships and crowded tourist sites, the writer opted for a cruise to see the monuments salvaged from the rising waters of Lake Nasser during the rescue...
- 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...
- Travel: The Complete Guide To Nile Journeys
The Independent on Sunday (David Else)Picture a map of Africa, and divide it in four. The top right-hand bit – the north-eastern quadrant, for the geographically minded – is dominated by the Nile. It has two main tributaries: the White Nile, flowing...
Egypt
Travel: Egyptian passage
canada.com (Peter Wilson)
For those wanting a quieter stretch of Nile cruising, a three- or four-night cruise on Lake Nasser is the perfect way to discover the wonders of ancient Egypt. The world's largest man-made lake, Lake Nasser was formed by the construction of the Aswan High Dam, near the popular tourist destination of Aswan. Spread out deep into what was the ancient Nubian kingdom in Upper Egypt, the lake is some 550 km long and 35 km across at its widest point near the Tropic of Cancer.
The dam was an incredible 12-year construction project, but equally impressive was the major relocation program led by UNESCO teams that saw important archaeological sites dismantled block by block and moved to higher ground as the Nile waters began to rise.
Abu Simbel was probably the most significant and certainly the most impressive site to be rescued. Part of a Lake Nasser cruise itinerary includes a visit to the fabulous spot, along with visits to other rescued projects that are more remote and less visited, such as the temples of Dakka and Meharakka at Wadi El Seboua and the Temples of Amada and Derr and the tomb of Penout, all at Amada.
While a Lake Nasser cruise offers access to these important sites, the good news is that the massive lake has only a half dozen cruise ships working its waters. With those kind of numbers, it's not surprising that aboard the MS Kasr Ibrim you feel the lake and the surrounding desert landscape came straight out of the pages of an Agatha Christie novel.
See the above page for the full story.
- Photo For Today - Temple Of Amada
Built by Thutmosis III in the Eighteenth Dynasty, the Temple of Amada is the oldest of the Nubian temples. As with most of the sites around Lake Nasser this was rescued prior to the flooding of the desert to create Lake Nasser. It was dedicated to...
- Daily Photo By Bob Partridge (ancient Egypt Magazine)
Kiosk of Qertassi at New Kalabsha Ptolemaic period Click image to see a bigger version of the image I was at New Kalabsha in March 2007. The Lake Nasser sites have some very good memories for me and it is a pleasure to see them through Bob's very...
- Travel: A Cruise On Lake Nasser
The Observer (Daniel Hartmann) Having been put off the idea of a Nile cruise by traffic jams of cruise ships and crowded tourist sites, the writer opted for a cruise to see the monuments salvaged from the rising waters of Lake Nasser during the rescue...
- 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...
- Travel: The Complete Guide To Nile Journeys
The Independent on Sunday (David Else)Picture a map of Africa, and divide it in four. The top right-hand bit – the north-eastern quadrant, for the geographically minded – is dominated by the Nile. It has two main tributaries: the White Nile, flowing...