Egypt Heritage Sites Gallery

Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

Woodcut of Great Temple at Abu Simbel (Ipsambul) in Nubia, Egypt. In Springer, Anton, 1888, History of Art Picture Sheets, concise edition (new, completely reworked, systematically ordered edition) - Atlas of the basics of art history from antiquity to the end of the 18th century

© 2017 Nancy Nehring

834738486, Image Created 19th Century, Pharoah

Abu Simbel, at the original location, wood engraving, published 1880

Ship traffic on the Nile during the great religious festivals in ancient Egypt. In the background the Abu Simbel temples, built by Ramses II in the 13th century BC, World Heritage Site by Unesco. The temple was demolished from 1963 to 1968 and rebuilt on the plateau of Abu Simbel construction of the Aswan High Dam. The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River. Woodcut engraving, published in 1880

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Palmyra, Syria - The Tower of Elahbel

The Tower of Elahbel (also known as Tower 13, or Kubbet el Arus) a four-storey sandstone tower tomb near the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria. The Tower of Elahbel and several other less well preserved tower tombs were reportedly blown up by ISIL/ISIS in August 2015.
circa 1980s

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Hubertus Kanus

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