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lake nasserThe lake is remote and thinly populated by peasant fishermen, the local residents are Bedouin camel and sheep herdsmen who are occasionally seen grazing their flocks on the sparse vegetation at the edge of the lake.


Lake Nasser Monuments:


lake nasserKalabsha temple
Kalabsha temple was built by the Roman Emperor Augustus and is the largest preserved after Nubian temple of Abu Simbel.
Mandulis is dedicated to the god, the god of fertility.
One of the areas you can still visit this temple is the shrine, which was later used as a Catholic church.




Kiosk of kertassi
This temple lies to the South site of the Kalabsha temple.Kiosk Of Kertassi was built in honor of the great goddess Isis Nile. 
The columns have Hathoric capitals (Woman with cow’s ears) as Hathor and Isis where both considered mother goddesses and worshipped together.







Temple of Beit El Wali
it is a small temple of Ramses II era and is dedicated to the god
Amun-Ra. Two giants of Ramses II its name Beit el-Wali means 'House of the Holy Man'
The temple was located 50 kilometres south of Aswan.






Amada Temple:
It  consists of the temple of Derr and the tomb of pennut.
Temple began to build the beloved TuthmosisIII and his son Amenophis II. Followed by adding Tuthmosis IV hypostyle hall between Ramses II and other minor works. The temple is dedicated to the important New Kingdom gods, Amun-Re and Re-Horakhty.





Wadi El Sebua.
Known as the valley of the lions.
This is a temple built by the command of Ramses II.
The rear part of the temple was originally cut from rock, while the front section was freestanding. There are remains of statues of Ramses II himself in the open court fronting the temple area.




Temple of Dakka
Dedicated to Thoth, the god of wisdom,was originally located about 100 kilometers south of the Aswan High Dam .The temple was first begun in the 3rd century BC by a Meroitic king named Arkamani. The construction was continued by Egyptian kings of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
This temple lies only 1.5 km from the Wadi es-Seboua; between the two spots it is possible to rent a camel or donkey.

 

 
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