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The Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amon, Karnak. The Hall, 102 x 53 m) contains 134 columns, the twelve flanking the processional way 23 m high to accommodate clerestory windows, some of the sand- stone grids still in position.
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The Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amon, Karnak. The Hall, 102 x 53 m) co...

Sandstorm over the Great Temple of Amon, Karnak.
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Sandstorm over the Great Temple of Amon, Karnak.

Gate to the first court, Temple of Kalabsha, built under Emperor Augustus. Uraeus snake over the door. When the new high dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the Nile Valley, the Nubian temples were moved to higher locations before 1968.
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Gate to the first court, Temple of Kalabsha, built under Emperor Augustus....

Small, rock-cut temple in Kalabsha, built by Pharaoh Ramses III (1198-1166 BCE). When the new high dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the Nile Valley, the Nubian temples were moved to higher locations under a UNESCO project completed in 1968.
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Small, rock-cut temple in Kalabsha, built by Pharaoh Ramses III (1198-1166 B...

Gate to the small, rock-cut temple at Kalabsha, built by Ramses III (1198-1166 BCE).Lintel shows god Amon-Ra and the Pharaoh runing towards a deiety. All Nubian temples were moved to higher locations when the new high dam was built and the Nile Valley flooded.
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Gate to the small, rock-cut temple at Kalabsha, built by Ramses III (1198-1166...

Small Hathor temple in Kalabsha. When the new high dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the Nile Valley, the Nubian temples were moved to higher locations under a UNESCO project completed in 1968.
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Small Hathor temple in Kalabsha. When the new high dam was built and Lake N...

Temple of Sobek and Horus, Kom Ombo. One of the temples to which pilgrims came to be healed. Completed under Ptolemy V (205-180 BCE).
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Temple of Sobek and Horus, Kom Ombo. One of the temples to which pilgrim...

Lotus- and papyrus columns, Temple of Sobek and Horus, Kom Ombo. This was one of the "healing" temples to which pilgrims came to regain their health.
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Lotus- and papyrus columns, Temple of Sobek and Horus, Kom Ombo. This was one o...

Kiosk 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.
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Kiosk of Nectanebo (30th dynasty, 380-362 BCE), new island of Philae, As...

Pharaoh Djozer's step pyramid (27th BCE) and part of the tomb complex, now being reconstructed by French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer.
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Pharaoh Djozer's step pyramid (27th BCE) and part of the tomb complex, now...

Site of the Temple of Kalabsha, built under Emperor Augustus over an earlier sanctuary founded by Pharaoh Amenophis III. When the new high dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the Nile Valley, the Nubian temples were moved to higher locations around 1968.
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Site of the Temple of Kalabsha, built under Emperor Augustus over an earlier...

A Djed-pillar with the name of Pharaoh Ramses IX, 1126 BCE-1108 BCE. 20th dynasty. From the Serapaeum in Saqqara. N 5416
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A Djed-pillar with the name of Pharaoh Ramses IX, 1126 BCE-1108 BCE. 20th...