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One can also visit Aswan's Kom Ombo temple, which was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty between 180 and 47 BC. Some additions to temple were made later during the Roman period.
The Aswan Dam was a crucial construction project for Egypt after the 1952 revolution. President Gamal Abdel Nasser was looking to elevate Egypt as the leader of a pan-Arab unity movement.
Isis Temple in Aswan reopens. Nevine El-Aref, Friday 22 Jan 2021. The Isis Temple in Aswan has reopened to the public after the completion of restoration work and the development of tourism services ...
Egypt's inauguration of the Aswan High Dam 50 years ago necessitated one of the world's biggest archaeological rescue operations ever, with the massive Abu Simbel ancient temple complex dismantled ...
With Its souks beside the banks of the Nile, Aswan is Egypt's historic gateway to the south. The city’s Nubian heritage lives on in local dialects and the alluring Philae Temple.
But the 111-metre-high and 3.6-kilometre-wide Aswan High Dam, dwarfing the far smaller Aswan Low Dam built under British rule in 1902, crucially gave Cairo power to regulate the flow.
The most famous of the monuments affected by the Aswan High Dam Project was the temple complex on the island of Philae. Sacred to the goddess Isis, the sanctuary dates mostly to the Graeco-Roman ...
It was the dream of Egypt's pan-Arab nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but the inauguration of the Aswan High Dam 50 years ago came at a big cost. Opened on the mighty Nile on January 15 ...
It was the dream of Egypt's pan-Arab nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but the inauguration of the Aswan High Dam 50 years ago came at a big cost. Opened on the mighty Nile on January 15 ...
It was the dream of Egypt's pan-Arab nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but the inauguration of the Aswan High Dam 50 years ago came at a big cost. Opened on the mighty Nile on January 15 ...