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101Jason Lewis (adventurer) — Jason Lewis (born 1967 in Catterick, North Yorkshire) is a self powered English circumnavigator.He set off from Greenwich, London in July, 1994 to travel round the globe (Expedition 360), and had travelled over 60,000 km (37,000 miles) by July… …
102Military history of Ancient Egypt — The Ancient Egyptians were a people who lived in northeastern Africa from about 3150 BC to 31 BC The civilization stretched from the Nile Delta to Jebel Barkal, a mountain in Nubia. Historians divide Egyptian history into to three periods: the… …
103Stone quarries of ancient Egypt — The Stone quarries of ancient Egypt (now archaeological sites) once produced quality stone for the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks. Some of these sites are well identified and the chemical composition of their …
104Shellal — (Arabic: شلاّل) is a small ancient village in the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Egypt. It was the traditional north frontier of the Nubia region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. During the ancient Egypt it was a very… …
105Trans-African Highway network — The Trans African Highway network comprises transcontinental road projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with… …
106Cairo-Cape Town Highway — The Cairo Cape Town Highway is Trans African Highway 4 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union. The route has a… …
107Semna (Nubia) — Semna was a fortified town established in the reign of Senusret I (1965 1920 BC) on the west bank of the Nile at the southern end of a series of fortresses founded during the 12th Dynasty (1985 1795 BC) in the second cataract area of Lower Nubia …
108Uronarti — was an ancient Egyptian settlement located below the Second Cataract. It is well known for its triangular shaped fortress, constructed between the reigns of Middle Kingdom rulers Senusret I and Senusret III, in the nineteenth century BCE. The… …
109Temple of Derr — The Temple of Derr or el Derr is a speos or rock cut temple built by pharaoh Ramesses II in Lower Nubia. [Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt , Blackwell Books, 1992. p.259] It is the only rock cut temple in Nubia which was constructed by… …
110Amada — The Temple of Amada, the oldest Egyptian temple in Nubia, was first constructed by pharaoh Thutmose III of the 18th dynasty and dedicated to Amun and Re Horakhty. [Lorna Oakes, Pyramids and Tombs of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Atlas of the Land …
