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Pharaoh Shehsonk I (935-924) before Israelite prisoners. They lift their hands to be counted. Left: cartouches with the names of conquered towns.
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Pharaoh Shehsonk I (935-924) before Israelite prisoners. They lift the...

Elephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of the ancient nilometer constructed during Roman times on the site of an earlier one.
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Elephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of the ancien...

Elephantine Island midstream in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of the ancient nilometer, constructed in Roman times on the site of an earlier one.
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Elephantine Island midstream in the Nile, opposite Assuan. Outer wall of th...

Walls of the Ptolemaic and Roman city on Elephantine Island, opposite Assuan.
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Walls of the Ptolemaic and Roman city on Elephantine Island, opposite Assuan.

Sarcophagi of the nobles - governors and priests who controlled traffic between Egypt and Nubia - were pulled up the steep hills along these still visible tracks.
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Sarcophagi of the nobles - governors and priests who controlled traffic b...

Small temple on the southern tip of Elephantine Island oppsite Assuan.
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Small temple on the southern tip of Elephantine Island oppsite Assuan.

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...

The Voyage to Punt: A frieze of Red-Sea fish. Punt can be identified with the legendary Ophir, land of gold and spices. From the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Maat Ka-Re) (1495-1475 BCE) in Deir el-Bahri. 18th Dynasty (1554-1305 BCE), New Kingdom
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The Voyage to Punt: A frieze of Red-Sea fish. Punt can be identified w...

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...

The kiosk of Philae,still on its original island, which was partially flooded behind the old Aswan-Dam in 1896.Under a UNESCO project,the temples of philae were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia between 1970-1980. See also:08-01-03/27-32
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The kiosk of Philae,still on its original island, which was partially floo...

The colonnade of the Isis-Temple,still in its old site on the island of Philae,which was flooded behind the Old Aswan-Dam in 1886. Under a UNESCO project,the temples of Philae were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia between 1970-1980.See also 08-01-03/27-32
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The colonnade of the Isis-Temple,still in its old site on the island of Philae,...

The colonnade of the Isis-temple, still on its original island,which was submerged during the construction of the Nile High-Dam.The temples of Philae were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia under a UNESCO-project between 1970-1980. See also 08-01-03/27-32
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The colonnade of the Isis-temple, still on its original island,which was submerg...