xploring the Aswan quarry and Elephantine Island ... The tour also highlights strange reuse of precision-cut granite in later temple construction. The mystery of how these structures were created ...

which became a natural annex to the Kingdom and later a colony whose fiscal and commercial income was transferred to Aswan. The monuments of the property include exceptional architecture, such as the ...

For thousands of years, the sitting figure of Ramses II watched over the Nile, till the construction of the Aswan dam threatened to drown the ancient temple under the waters of the river. In an ...

But for all its magnificence, the Temple of Abu Simbel is apparently doomed ... of muddy water backed up by the High Dam being built at Aswan 180 miles downstream. Up the Cliff.

Its preservation is a result of Spain's assistance in protecting the ancient sites of Abu Simbel from flooding caused by the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. The temple's decorative motifs ...

Sail along the historic Nile river from Aswan to Luxor, surrounded by the timeless beauty of Egypt's ancient landmarks, including the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Karnak, the Temple of Luxor ...

You get off the ship to go visit the Valley of the Kings and the Temple of Karnak in Luxor, then get back on to sleep. Most cruises are five days from Luxor to Aswan, or four days from Aswan to Lu ...

the Abu Simbel temple in the early 1960s was a first act to recognize this idea. UNESCO launched an international safeguarding campaign to save monuments in Nubia from being flooded by the waters of ...