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Small Hathor Temple at Kalabsha (13th BCE) overlooking Lake Nasser, Egypt.
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Small Hathor Temple at Kalabsha (13th BCE) overlooking Lake Nasser,...

The First Cataract of the Nile, south of Assuan, Egypt.
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The First Cataract of the Nile, south of Assuan, Egypt.

The First Cataract of the Nile, south of Assuan, Egypt.
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The First Cataract of the Nile, south of Assuan, Egypt.

Sailboats on the Nile at sunset, near Assuan, Egypt.
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Sailboats on the Nile at sunset, near Assuan, Egypt.

Sailboats on the Nile at sunset near Assuan, Egypt.
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Sailboats on the Nile at sunset near Assuan, Egypt.

Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or upon their return, to commemorate some important act Inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th Dynasties.
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Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been f...

Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have survived on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or on their return, to commemorate some important act. The inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th Dynasties.
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Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have surviv...

Elephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan, Egypt. The ancient quay walls and a rock shaped like an elephant which gave the island its name.
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Elephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan, Egypt. The ancient quay walls a...

Chapel Tombs of the Nobles. Middle Kingdom (2040-1785 BCE), Assuan, Egypt.
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Chapel Tombs of the Nobles. Middle Kingdom (2040-178...

Farmers at work, ploughing. Painted relief from one of the Chapel Tombs of the Nobles, Middle Kingdom (2040-1785 BCE), Assuan, Egypt.
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Farmers at work, ploughing. Painted relief from one...

The goddess Isis with an Ankh,symbol of life, in her hand.Relief from the Isis Temple,Ptolmaic Period. Philae was flooded behid the old Aswan Dam in 1896. When it reemerged after the completion of the New High- Dam, the temples were removed to a near-by island.
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The goddess Isis with an Ankh,symbol of life, in her hand.Relief from the Isi...

First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun, Luxor, Egypt. In front of the pylon is a 25 m high obelisk (its twin stands on Place de la Concorde, Paris) and two colossal seated statues (13th BCE) of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun, Luxor, Egypt. In front of the p...