Month: February 2003

Mammisi

February 10, 2003.Reading time 1 minute.

This structure on the west side of the courtyard is a Birth House (mammisi) built by Ptolemy IV to link him to his “royal ancestry” of Horus and Osiris

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Kiosk of Nectanebo

February 10, 2003.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another kiosk built on the island with the Temple of Isis includes a small structure built by Nectanebo. It stands at the main entrance to the colonnade, up a double staircase.

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Aswan High Dam

February 10, 2003.Reading time 2 minutes.

There are actually two Aswan dams – the original one built in 1902 and the High Dam which created Lake Nasser, the world’s largest reservoir. The dam resulted in dozens of tombs and temples being moved to higher ground.

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High Dam Memorial

February 10, 2003.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The…striking monument put up upon the completion of the High Dam.

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Temple of Kalabsha

February 10, 2003.Reading time 7 minutes.

The temple on Kalabsha is the largest freestanding Nubian temple in Egypt. It, too, was relocated by UNESCO with the building of the High Dam and is marooned on a small island in the lake

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Unfinished Obelisk

February 10, 2003.Reading time 2 minutes.

The granite quarries in Aswan produced all the “red aswan granite” used in Egypt. The quarries aren’t that interesting, really, except for the enormous unfinished obelisk still in situ

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Old Cataract Hotel, Aswan

February 10, 2003.Reading time 2 minutes.

Relax on the famous verandah, watch the feluccas slide silently by on the Nile — it doesn’t get much better than this.

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Temple of Isis

February 10, 2003.Reading time 6 minutes.

The enormous temple complex on this island were move here by UNESCO after the creation of the High Dam — like the others, Philae was underwater for more than half a year.

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Kiosk of Qertassi

February 10, 2003.Reading time 1 minute.

The Kiosk of Qertassi is a small reconstructed temple on the site of Kalabsha Temple (which itself has been reconstructed by UNESCO on this new island above the rising water of Lake Nasser.

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