UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900
Country: Egypt
Location: Aswan
Region: West Aswan
Description: House of a Nubian tour guide
Category: People, Daily Life
Period: Modern
Date: 2011
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: New Kalabsha
Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Temple of Kalabsha
Material: Limestone
Description: Figural graffito of the Noubade king Silko spearing an enemy while being crowned by an angel on the façade of the temple of Kalabsha, which was dedicated to the sun god Mandulis. Temple relocated to the Island of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs
Type: Graffito
Period: Roman
Date: 27 BCE – 330 CE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: New Kalabsha
Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Temple of Kalabsha
Material: Limestone
Description: The Temple Kalabsha—dedicated to the sun god Mandulis and built by Emperor Augustus—as seen from Lake Nasser. Temple relocated to the Island of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Archaeological Feature, Archaeological Site
Period: Roman
Date: ca. 30 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Room 1 of the Main Temple (Temple of Isis)
Material: Limestone
Description: Room 1 (Holy of Holies) of the Main Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Archaeological Feature, Reliefs
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Hathor Temple
Material: Limestone
Description: Baboon (god Thoth) playing a stringed instrument relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs, Inscriptions
Type: Relief on column
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Hathor Temple
Material: Limestone
Description: Dwarf playing a tambourine relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs, Inscriptions
Type: Relief on column
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Hathor Temple
Material: Limestone
Description: Bes playing a harp relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs, Inscriptions
Type: Relief on column
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: New Kalabsha
Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Kiosk of Kertassi (or Qertassi)
Material: Limestone
Description: Two Hathor columns from the Kiosk of Kertassi. Exact age and function of the Kiosk are unclear—likely early Roman and associated with an unpreserved smaller temple. The Kiosk (composed of four surviving papyrus columns and two Hathor columns at the entrance) was relocated to the Isalnd of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs, Archaeological Features, Statues
Type: Columns
Period: Early Roman
Date: ca. 1st c BCE – 1st c CE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Aswan
Description: Dome celling in the main sanctuary of the Archangel Michael’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Aswan. Consecrated in 2006.
Category: Art (Modern)
Period: Modern
Date: 2006
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Hathor Temple
Material: Limestone
Description: Block depicting the god Bes, located in forecourt of Hathor Temple, at Philae in Egypt. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs, Archaeological Feature
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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