Egypt > Lake Nasser > Amadah Temple Carvings EG051569JHP
This gallery will contain photos of the sites visited on cruises of Lake Nasser from Kasr Imbrim in the south, Amada, Derr Tomb, Pennuit, El Seboua, Dakka, Maharraka, Qertassi and Kalabsha near Aswan.
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Lake Nasser | |||
Filename: | Amadah Temple Carvings EG051569JHP |
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Upload Date: | 2005-04-23 12:23:06 | |||
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Caption: | Lake Nasser Amadah Temple Inside Wall Carving Gods Pharaoh Naturallylit in a building weighing 900tons was rescued from the flooding of the River Nile to create Lake Nasser by French engineers who towed it in one piece 2.5km from Kurusku. The sandstone temple to Amun-Re and Re-Harakhte was built by Thutmosis 111, Amenhotep 11 and Tuthmosis 1V. One of several small antiquities visited during a Lake Nasser cruise it has some coloured wall reliefs still intact and is then fallowed after a short walk to the Rock Cut Temple of al-Derr. |
Keywords: | Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Lake, Nasser, Nubia, Amadah, Amada, Kurusku, temple, landscape, interior, sanctuary, wall, relief, carved, relocated, French, rescued, antiquity, Egyptology, hieroglyphs, history, pharaoh, Thutmose, Thutmosis, Amenhotep |