Kalabsha Temple and Beit el-Wali
The largest free-standing temple of Nubia, moved stone by stone beside the High Dam — with a rock temple of Ramesses II.
Aswan
Monastery of St Simeon (Anba Hadra)
A fortress-like Coptic monastery in the desert above Aswan's west bank, founded in the seventh century and abandoned in the thirteenth.
Philae Temple (Temple of Isis)
The island sanctuary of Isis, rescued from the rising Nile and rebuilt on Agilkia — the last stronghold of the ancient Egyptian religion.
Unfinished Obelisk
The largest obelisk ever attempted, abandoned in its granite quarry when it cracked — a window onto how Egyptians cut stone.
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