Aswan Collection (page 2)

Egyp. Aswan. Elephantine Island. Landscape

Aswan Eclipsed
The Aswan Dam, on the river Nile in Egypt, photographed during an eclipse. This is the only photograph of a dam taken during an eclipse in our entire collection. Date: 11 November 1901

NILE / AT ASWAN / 1904
Nile - The First Cataract at Aswan. Date: 1904

Philae Temple / Approach
Temple of Philae - approach. The setting for the temple was the island of Philae, and the buildings had to be reassembled nearby when the Aswan High Dam was built. Date: 1847

Eclipse / Aswan Dam 1901
Photographed above the Aswan dam on the Nile, Egypt Date: 11 November 1901

Herodotus - Early Traveller and Historian - In Egypt
Herodotus - Ancient Greek Traveller and Historian - Visiting Aswan in Ancient Egypt. His eye-witness accounts indicate that he travelled in Egypt probably sometime after 454 BC or possibly earlier in

Temples of Sobek and Haroeris. 2nd-1st c. BC. EGYPT. Kawm Umbu. Temple of Kom Ombo (dedicated to Haroeris and Sobek). Relief depicting surgical instruments. Egyptian art. Ptolemaic period

Egypt. Philae. Temple of Isis
Temple of Isis. EGYPT. Philae. Temple of Isis. Goddesses Isis and Nephtis, sisters of Osiris. Bas-relief located on the northern outside wall of the sanctuary. Egyptian art. Ptolemaic period

Egypt. Abu Simbel
Great Temple of Rameses II. EGYPT. ASWAN. Abu Simbel. Great Temple of Rameses II. Main entrance to the Great Temple. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Architecture

Excavation for Aswan Dam, Egypt
Excavation in progress for the Niles Aswan Dam in the Bab-El-Kibir region of Egypt. Date: 1902

Excavation along line of Aswan Dam, Egypt
A photograph of excavation along the line of the Niles Aswan Dam in eastern Egypt. Date: 1902

View of Aswan Dam during construction
A view of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt during construction, from upstream. Date: 1902

Aswan Dam from downstream
The Aswan Dam on the River Nile, Egypt, from downstream. Date: 1902

View of the Aswan Dam
Birds eye view of the Aswan Dam and locks on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Building the Aswan Dam
Excavation at the Western Channel of the Aswan Dam on the River Nile in Egypt. Date: 1902

Construction of the Aswan Dam
Construction of the first Aswan Dam (the low or old dam) on the River Nile in Egypt: commencing masonry in the western channel. Date: 1902

EGYPT NILE
Building the great dam at Aswan (formerly Assouan). Date: 1899

EGYPT. ASWAN. Aswan. Elephantinte Island. Nilometer, a flight of stairs used to measure the water level of Nile river

Temple of Isis. EGYPT. ASWAN. Philae. Second pylon of the temple. Representation of pharaoh Ptolomy XII making offerings to Hathor and Horus. Egyptian art. Ptolemaic period. Architecture

Trajans Kiosk. 2nd c. EGYPT. Philae. Egyptian art. Roman and Byzantine period. Architecture

Temple of Isis, Philae Island, Egypt
The Temple of Isis on Philae Island (Lake Nasser, Nubia), Egypt, showing the entrance and a row of columns. It was later relocated to the nearby Agilkia Island to enable the construction of the Aswan

General view with Grand Hotel, Aswan, Egypt. Date: early 20th century

Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir
The Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir (Old Aswan Dam). The dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Date: circa 1924

Camel convoy at Shellal, Egypt, WW1
A camel convoy at Shellal, a village on the Nile, south of Aswan, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 1918

Nubian Children - Elephantine Island, Egypt. Part of the modern Egyptian city of Aswan, the islands shape is similar to that of an elephants tusk. Date: circa 1910s

Egypt, the Nile and Palestine, 1928-1929 Season, showing a Nile Steamer (The Arabia) at Aswan, with Elephantine Island in the background

Arabic Souvenir seller, Aswan, Egypt
Arabic seller of cheap souvenirs, Aswan, Egypt. Photograph by Lionel Coates

River Nile, Egypt - view toward first cataract at Aswan
River Nile, looking towards first cataract at Aswan. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt
Granite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Aswan, Egypt
A panoramic view of Aswan, Egypt. The city stands on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract and is a busy market and tourist center. Its ancient name, Swenet, translates as trade

Aswan - Egypt. Elephantine Island
Elephantine Island is the largest of the Aswan area islands, and is one of the most ancient sites in Egypt, with artifacts dating to predynastic periods

Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan, Egypt
Bisharin Tribesmen of Aswan with traditional weapons having a fencing match

Aswan - Scene on the River Nile with Paddlesteamer
The Rameses III, one of the paddle steamers operated by Thomas Cook & Son for excursions on the Nile- here seen as Aswan

Bisharin Men dancing
The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan - close to Aswan

Sir Benjamin Baker
SIR BENJAMIN BAKER English civil engineer Planned London underground railways, designed Forth Bridge, consulted Aswan Dam

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