Since prehistoric times, every year, the waters coming from Ethiopia were directed towards the mouth of the Nile flooding the land and leaving the silt on the ground, sediment of …
Gebel El-Selsila & Surroundings
Gebel-el-Silsila. This is the name of a rocky canyon, located between Kom Ombo and Edfu, through which the Nile carries its waters, and where the high rocks are passing along …
Private tombs of Noblemen – Qubbet El-Hawa in Aswan
Qubbet el-Hawa is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan. The name is derived from the dome of the tomb of an Islamic sheikh, but archaeologically, it is usually …
The Roman Theatre (Odeum) in Alexandria
During an archaeological excavations lasting about thirty years, this well-preserved Roman Theatre was discovered under a Muslim cemetery in Alexandria) with galleries, sections of mosaic floor and 800 marble seats for …
Pompey’s Pillar and the Serapeum of Alexandria, Egypt
Pompey’s Pillar is a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt, and the largest of its type constructed outside the imperial capitals of Rome and Constantinople. The only known free-standing column …