EditorialElephantine Island midstream in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of the ancient nilometer, constructed in Roman times on the site of an earlier one.
EditorialKiosk of Nectanebo (30th dynasty, 380-362 BCE), new island of Philae, Assuan. When the new high dam was built, the temples of Philae, which would have been flooded, were transferred to nearby Agilqiyah island under a UNESCO project completed in 1968.
EditorialThe new Island of Philae, Egypt, with the Isis Temple. Old Philae was flooded behind the old Aswan-Dam in 1896 Its temples reemerged when the Nasser High-Dam was completed. They were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia under an UNESCO programme be...
EditorialTemple of Isis, Philae, Egypt. In 1896, the island of Philae was flooded behind the Old Aswan Dam. When the new High Dam was built, the reemerged temples were re-moved to an adjacent island. This UNESCO project was completed in 1980. 30th Dynasty, Ptol...
EditorialPhilae island, Egypt. In 1896, the island of Philae was flooded behind the Old Aswan Dam. When the new High Dam was built, the reemerged temples were re-moved to an adjacent island. This UNESCO project was completed in 1980.
EditorialPhilae-island was partially flooded behind the Old Aswan Dam in 1896. When the temples reemerged after completion of the New High-Dam, they were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia. Old Philae seen from the island of Agilkia. See also 08-01-03 / 27-32.
EditorialUnfinished obelisk of the 18th or 19th dynasty, left in the northern granite quarries of Assuan when a flaw was discovered in the stone. The obelisk is 41,75 m long and if completed would have weighed over 1000 tons.
EditorialDetail of the " Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum, to end a seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written during the Ptolemaic...
EditorialLake Nasser, the 300 km long artificial lake behind the new High Dam South of Assuan, Egypt. Because of the flooding of the former Nile Valley, the huge temple of Abu Simbel was moved to a higher location, a UNESCO project, completed in 1968. Lake seen...