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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.
Amadah Desert EG051568JHP Western Desert Panorama Photo Amada Shore Lake Nasser Egypt Desolate is the backdrop to this temple 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 and located by the Western Desert here viewed from the rear of the building 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, rear, adjacent, sand, desert, Western, relocated, French, rescued, antiquity, Egyptology, history
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Lake Nasser
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Amadah Desert EG051568JHP
Upload Date: 2005-04-23 12:21:56
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Western Desert Panorama Photo Amada Shore Lake Nasser Egypt Desolate

is the backdrop to this temple 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 and located by the Western Desert here viewed from the rear of the building 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, rear, adjacent, sand, desert, Western, relocated, French, rescued, antiquity, Egyptology, history