Nubia Museumr

Nubia Museum Location :   Aswan, Egypt Description : The Nubia Museum harbors the history of the "Land of Gold" as the word Nubia in the Hieroglyphic, language of ancient Egypt in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning and sounds, means the "Land of Gold"...Hence, this land, over times, was abounding in monumental treasures. The...

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Muntazah Complex

Muntazah Complex     This 115 acre complex is surrounded by great walls from the south, east and west, and with the beach on its north side. This area used to belong to the Mohamed Ali family, that ruled Egypt from the mid 19th century until 1952. The construction was started in 1892 by King Abbas II, who built a large palace inside ...

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High Dam

High Dam     Located near Aswan, the world famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 1960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops.  ...

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Graeco-Roman Museum

Graeco-Roman Museum     The museum was first built in 1892 as a small building located on Horreya Road - Alexandria. In 1895 it was transferred to the present site near Gamal Abdul Nasser Road. It started with eleven galleries, and has been gradually enlarged in later renovation stages. The 25th gallery was inaugurated in 1984. It ...

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Vestibule and Central Tomb Chamber

Vestibule and Central Tomb Chamber   These are the main chambers. They are lit by a single electric light bulb that throws the chamber into green, a perfect staging for that composite art. In the center of the facade, the familiar solar disk is carved below frieze of serpents. Left and right are two serpents wearing the crowns of upper and lower Egypt. These are not the lithe cobras of Saqqara or Thebes. They seemed to be designed as modern book comics. ...

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St. Catherine's Monastery

St. Catherine's Monastery Located at the foot of  Mount Moses, St. Catherine's Monastery, was constructed by order of the Emperor Justinian between 527 and 565. Is built around what is thought to be Moses' Burning Bush, which has a chapel built atop it. It is a spectacular natural setting for priceless works of art, including Arab mosaics, Greek and Russian icons, Western oil paintings, paintings ...

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lant Island, Gizirat al-Nabatat, Botanical Island

lant Island, Gizirat al-Nabatat, Botanical Island     Kitchner's Island is a botanical garden, filled with exotic plants and trees imported from all over the world. It is a perfect place to spend a lazy afternoon in the shade. The island must be reached by boat, and is located on the other side of Elephantine Island from Aswan. ...

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Akhenaten Temples

Akhenaten Temples Akhnenaten was second son and successor to Amenhotep III. He spent the first five years of his reign in Thebes, and he favored the sun shrine characteristic of the Heliopolitan center of solar worship, which featured open courts on a central axis. Smaller stones were used which a single man could carry. Tens of thousands of these in the best sandstone were quarried at Gebel el-Silsila, about 100 km south of Thebes. These...

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Karnak, Temple of Amun-Ra

Karnak, Temple of Amun-Ra     Pylon I, the entrance to the temple complex, is preceded by a quay, probably reconstructed during the 25th Dynasty and an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, most of which bear the name of the high priest of Amun, Pnudjem of the 21st Dynasty. This pylon, which...

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Precinct of Mut

Precinct of Mut The southern part of Karnak contains the temple of Mut, on the east bank of the Nile, more than 900 feet south of the temple of Amun-Ra. It is surrounded by a crescent shaped sacred lake called Isheru, and subsidiary structures, especially the temple of Khons-pekhrod, originally of the 18th Dynasty,...

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The Precinct of Montu

The Precinct of Montu   The square northern enclosure is the smallest of the three precincts and its monuments are poorly preserved. It contains the main temple of Montu, several smaller structures, particularly the temples of Harpre and Ma’at, and a sacred lake. A structure thought to be a treasury built by Tutmosisi I was discovered outside the east enclosure wall. The ...

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Karnak

Karnak Karnak describes a vast conglomerate of ruined temples, chapels and other buildings of various dates. The name Karnak comes from the nearby village of el-Karnak. Whereas Luxor to the south was Ipet-rsyt, Karnak was ancient Ipet-isut, perhaps the most select of Places. Theban kings and the god Amun came to prominence at the beginning of the...

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Esna

Esna Isna is located about 33 miles south of Luxor. The town's Greek name was Latopolis and here fish (lates) where thought to embody the goddess Neith, who was sacred to the area.  Isna was increasingly important during the 18th dynasty due to Egypt's developing relationship with the Sudan.  There was a route established between Isna and Derr. Later, the city slowly declined until it received renewed interest during the 26th...

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PRINCE ABBAS Ship Review

PRINCE ABBAS Ship ReviewOverviewPrince Abbas sailing along the Nile. Photo courtesy of Uniworld River Cruises.Making 13-day roundtrips from Cairo, Prince Abbas sails for both Uniworld and Viking River Cruises on the Jewels of the Nile itinerary down the Nile and through Lake Nassar to Abu Simbel, one of the world’s most magnificent temples. The ship provides a comfortable home base for these cruises through antiquity, with numerous creature comforts. Prince Abbas first set sail in 1998, and measures 280.5 feet long and 50.9 feet wide.  She is capable of carrying 140 passengers. PRINCE ABBAS StateroomsOne of the staterooms aboard Prince Abbas. Photo courtesy of Uniworld River Cruises.In a refreshing change from most ships, there...

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Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel (The Temple of Ramesses II) (The Temple of Nefertari dedicated to Hathor) Not only are the two temples at Abu Simbel among the most magnificent monuments in the world but their removal and reconstruction was an historic event in itself. When the temples (280 km from Aswan) were threatened by submersion in Lake Nasser, due to the ...

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