EditorialInsurrecci?n del Sud?n (bajo dominio de Egipto) por el l?der religioso sudan?s llamado Mahdi ("Gu?a") Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, contra las fuerzas del Jedivato de Egipto, y m?s tarde las fuerzas brit?nicas. La expedici?n inglesa en auxilio del gene...
EditorialInsurrecci?n del Sud?n (bajo dominio de Egipto) por el l?der religioso sudan?s llamado Mahdi "Gu?a" Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, contra las fuerzas del Jedivato de Egipto, y m?s tarde las fuerzas brit?nicas. Embarque de tropas egipcias en Bulak (El Ca...
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...
EditorialInsurrecci?n del Sud?n (bajo dominio de Egipto) por el l?der religioso sudan?s llamado Mahdi ("Gu?a") Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, contra las fuerzas del Jedivato de Egipto, y m?s tarde las fuerzas brit?nicas. La expedici?n inglesa en auxilio del gene...
EditorialInsurrecci?n del Sud?n (bajo dominio de Egipto) por el l?der religioso sudan?s llamado Mahdi "Gu?a" Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, contra las fuerzas del Jedivato de Egipto, y m?s tarde las fuerzas brit?nicas. Embarque de tropas egipcias en Bulak (El Ca...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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. 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...