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81Uronarti — Modern name for a site in Lower Nubia in the Second Cataract region of the Nile where a fortress was constructed on an island under Senusret III as part of the Egyptian garrison. Egyptian Khesef Iunu. It was abandoned during the Second… …
82Wadi Es-Sebua — A site in Lower Nubia that contained temples of Amenhotep III and Ramesses II. This area has been flooded by Lake Nasser, the lake of the Aswan High Dam, but the main temple was removed and reerected elsewhere. See also Gerf Hussein.… …
83Abu Simbel — /ˌæbu ˈsɪmbəl/ (say .abooh simbuhl) noun a former village in southern Egypt, now covered by Lake Nasser; site of two temples of Ramses II, which were moved in 1966–67 to a level above the lake. Also, Ipsambul …
84Aswân — or ancient Syene geographical name city S Egypt on right bank of the Nile near site of dam built 1898 1902 & of Aswân High Dam (completed 1970 to form Lake Nasser ) population 191,461 …
85Transport in Egypt — Life in Egypt Transport facilities in Egypt are centered in Cairo and largely follow the pattern of settlement along the Nile. The main line of the nation s 4,800 kilometer (2,800 mile) railway network runs from Alexandria to Aswan and is… …
86Transport in Sudan — during the early 1990s included an extensive railroad system that served the more important populated areas except in the far south, a meager road network (very little of which consisted of all weather roads), a natural inland waterway mdash;the… …
87Kom Ombo — كوم أمبو Tour boats at the Temple of Kom Ombo …
88Wadi Allaqi — other spellings, Wadi Allagi, Wadi Allequi is a wadi in Aswan in southern Egypt. Its location is between Kus and Aidhab. It is located east of Lake Nasser.The area is home to species of plants including acacia trees. It has also one copper nickel …
89Lower Nubia — is the northern portion of Nubia, downstream on the Nile from Upper Nubia. It lies between the First and Second Cataracts, roughly from Aswan in the north to Wadi Halfa in the south. A great deal of Lower Nubia was flooded with the construction… …
90Kent R. Weeks — Dr. Kent R. Weeks (born December 16 1941) is an American Egyptologist.He was born in the town of Everett, Washington, United States, where he remembers deciding to be an Egyptologist at the age of eight. Weeks attended R. A. Long High School in… …
