ASWAN, Egypt, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Standing in awe beneath the open sky inside the Philae Temple complex by the Nile River, in Upper Egypt's city of Aswan, Spanish traveler Brais Recarey took in the ...

Other than Abu Simbel and Philae, the property includes the temples of Amada, constructed by Tuthmosis III and by Amenophis II, of Derr (also at Amada), those of Wadi Sebua, Dakka and Maharraqa (at ...

Saving the temples of Egypt and dismantling, stone by stone, the Abu Simbel temple in the early 1960s was a first act to recognize this idea. UNESCO launched an international safeguarding campaign to ...

This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, which were saved from the rising waters of the ...

Trapped between the High Dam and the Aswan Dam on the Nile, the temples of Philae Island are permanently under water; the walls and foundations are being damaged. This report tells the story of the ...

DAY 4: PHILAE TEMPLE COMPLEX AND THE TEMPLE OF KOM OMBO Today, you will venture just past the Aswan Low Dam with a visit to the Philae temple complex. Situated on a small island, the complex ...