EditorialElephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of the ancient nilometer constructed during Roman times on the site of an earlier one.
EditorialColumns from the entranceway to the Isis Temple, Philae Island, Egypt. Columns have capitals with lotus, papyrus and palm leaf designs. Old Philae disappeared under the waters of the Nile when the new old Aswan-Dam was built The temples were removed to...
EditorialThe small Trajan Pavillion, Philae Island, Egypt. The pavillion faces the Nile and was used as a landing place for the procession of the Sacred Barge. The temples of Philae were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia under an UNESCO programme.
EditorialColumns from the entranceway to the Isis Temple, Philae Island, Egypt. Columns have capitals with lotus, papyrus and palm leaf designs. Old Philae disappeared under the waters of the Nile when the new old Aswan-Dam was built The temples were removed to...
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...
EditorialMadrid, M.A.N. Arte Egipcio. Fragmento de pared procedente de una tumba de Heracle?polis Magna (Egipto) de Satbahetep, con escenas de portadores de ofrendas y datada en torno al 2000 a.c. (Primer Periodo Intermedio). Al construirse la Gran Presa de Ass...
EditorialRock tombs on the west bank of the Nile near Assuan, Egypt. The coffins were dragged up from the river to the tombs on the still visible tracks. End of Old, early Middle Kingdom (2200-1700 BCE).
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. The temples were taken apart, restored and rebuilt. See also 08-0...
EditorialOver 250 rock inscriptions have been found on Seheil Island south of Assuan, placed there by Egyptian officialson their way to Nubia or upon their return, to commemorate some important act. Inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th dynasties.
EditorialDetail of the " Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum to end the seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written in the Ptolemaic Pe...
EditorialColumns from the entranceway to the Isis Temple, Philae Island, Egypt. Columns have capitals with lotus, papyrus and palm leaf designs. Old Philae disappeared under the waters of the Nile when the new old Aswan-Dam was built The temples were removed to...