Image Abu Simbel Aerial EG02020JHP by Jim Henderson

 
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Photographs of the Great Temple of Ramses 11 at Abu Simbel and those of his wife's temple of Nefertari with some interior images as well.
Abu Simbel Aerial EG02020JHP Abu Simbel Temple Aerial view aeroplane cruiseboat berth Nasser Egypt on landing over Lake Nasser offers a fleeting view of the Great Temples from the port side windows with cruiseboats at anchor near this huge man made site constructed in the 1960's to re-house and save Ramses 11 huge rock cut monuments from certain flooding following the building of the Great Dam near Aswan. Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, Nubia, Abu Simbel, Temple, aerial, landing, portside, flying, aircraft, water, berthed, rock, carved, landscape, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, temples, history, archaeology, Egyptology, dam, flooding, UNESCO, rescue, artificial, mountain, cruiseboats, berthed, desert
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Abu Simbel
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Abu Simbel Aerial EG02020JHP
Upload Date: 2002-10-25 08:05:55
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Abu Simbel Temple Aerial view aeroplane cruiseboat berth Nasser Egypt

on landing over Lake Nasser offers a fleeting view of the Great Temples from the port side windows with cruiseboats at anchor near this huge man made site constructed in the 1960's to re-house and save Ramses 11 huge rock cut monuments from certain flooding following the building of the Great Dam near Aswan.
Keywords: Egypt, ancient, Egyptian, Lake Nasser, Nubia, Abu Simbel, Temple, aerial, landing, portside, flying, aircraft, water, berthed, rock, carved, landscape, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, temples, history, archaeology, Egyptology, dam, flooding, UNESCO, rescue, artificial, mountain, cruiseboats, berthed, desert