The Nile: from Aswan to Luxor

The Nile: from Aswan to Luxor
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Contents
Chronological
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charts and maps
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Aswan
Kom Ombo
Edfu
Esna
Hierakonpolis
El Kab
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Thebes,
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Karnak
k and
d Luxor
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W di Gawasis
Wadi
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Desert oases: Kharga,
Kharga Dakhlek,
Dakhlek Amheida
Museums and collections
http://www metmuseum org/toah/ht/?period=02&region=afe
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=02&region=afe
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=03&region=afe
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=04&region=afe
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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=05&region=afe
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Chronology of Egypt
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/index.html
Interactive map of the Nile
from the 2nd cataract
http://www.aldokkan.com/geography/geography.htm
http://www.aldokkan.com/geography/geography.htm
Map of Egypt and Nubia
http://www mnsu edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/maps/mainmap html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/maps/mainmap.html
http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html
The Nile
Photo: Donna Kurtz
Kurtz, January 2009
The Nile from space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
File:Nile_composite_NASA.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nile-en.svg
The High Dam at Aswan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BarragemAssuão.jpg
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Egyptian
ti today
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http://en wikipedia org/wiki/File:Lake Nasser location png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Nasser_location.png
Lake Nasser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lake-nasser.jpg
Kom Ombo
Lake Nasser
Corinthian capitals
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kom ombo temple.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kom-ombo-temple.jpg
Th temple
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b f
restoration
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Komombo (before restoration).jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Komombo_(before_restoration).jpg
Relief sculpture inside the temple
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KomOmbo_2004-12.jpg
Medical instruments rendered in relief
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SFEC-KOM_OMBO-2010-05-076_(2).JPG
Luxor
Edfu
Kom Ombo
http://www.telledfu.org
http://picasaweb.google.com/edfuproject/ExcavatingAtEdfu?feat=flashslideshow#5371292580942226946
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edfu_2.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S_F-E-CAMERON_2006-10-EGYPT-EDFU-0059.JPG
http://www1 uni-hamburg de/Edfu-Projekt//Temple html
http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Edfu-Projekt//Temple.html
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http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Edfu-Projekt//Project.html
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http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Edfu-Projekt//Project3.html
http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Edfu-Projekt//Model.html
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http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/templekhnum.htm
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/afrika/aegypten/esna_tempel.htm
Hierakonpolis
http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/
Narmer palette
p
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html
Narmer Temple
p
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/
hierakonpolis/temple.html
Elite cemetery
http://www archaeology org/interactive/hierakonpolis/cemetery html
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/cemetery.html
Animals
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/
hierakonpolis/animals.html
http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.
gy
cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=006606
El Kab
http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org
El Kab site plan
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/el_kab/e_el_kab.htm
Plan of the tombs
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/el_kab/e_el_kab.htm
P i ti from
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Paheri’s
P h i’ ttomb:
b work
k iin th
the fifields
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pahery1.htm
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Painting
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loading
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grain into boats
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/el_kab/pahery/e_pahery1.htm
‘Thebes’
Valley of the Kings
Karnak
Luxor
Karnak and Luxor temples (east bank) and
the Valley of the Kings (west bank)
Waset/Thebes
Land route to Red Sea
River land and sea routes to ‘the
River,
the land of Punt’
Punt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NC_Punt.jpg
The Valley of the Kings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Valley_of_the_Kings_panorama.jpg
Deir el Bahri
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Valley
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Nobles
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Valley
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y_of_the_Nobles_((Luxor))_-_aerial_view.jpg
jpg
http://www.touregypt.net/Map18.htm
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http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
http://www thebanmappingproject com
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
http://www thebanmappingproject com
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
http://www thebanmappingproject com
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
Queen Hatshepsut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut’s
s mortuary temple complex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mortuary_Temple_of_Hatshepsut.jpg
http://ib205.tripod.com/mentuhotep2 tomb.html
http://ib205.tripod.com/mentuhotep2_tomb.html
Mentuhotep
p II’s temple
p at Deir el-Bahri
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/mentuhotept.htm
Temple of Hatshepsut
http://ib205.tripod.com/hatshepsut_temple.html
avenue of sphinxes
ancient
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Deir el-Bahri: Hatshepsut’s
Hatshepsut s building complex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SFEC_AEH_-ThebesNecropolis-2010-Hatshepsut-023.jpg
Looking
g down ((east)) on the site
http://www.gpr.pl/wiki/hatshepsut.jpg
http://www.maat-ka-ra.de/english/bauwerke/djeser/dj_portico_2_hall_punt.htm
Possible location of ‘the land of Punt’
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NC_Punt.jpg
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Nubian capital Kerma
Copyright: Dr. Karl H. Leser (Iufaa)
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resources from
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http://www maat-ka-ra
http://www.maat
ka ra.de/english/punt/karte.htm
de/english/punt/karte htm
Temple relief of the journey to Punt
http://ib205.tripod.com/hatshepsut_temple.html
http://www.maat-ka-ra.de/english/bauwerke/djeser/dj_portico_2_hall_punt.htm
http://www.maat-ka-ra.de/english/bauwerke/djeser/dj_portico_2_hall_punt.htm
The expedition in Punt
http://ib205.tripod.com/hatshepsut_temple.html
E
Egyptians
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bring
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Temple relief on left
left, drawing of similar scene on right
http://www.maat-ka-ra.de/english/bauwerke/djeser/dj_portico_2_hall_punt.htm
The site of Wadi Gawasis on the Red Sea
http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/research-centers-labs/mersa/
http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/research
centers labs/mersa/
http://glendash.com/WadiGawasisAnEgyptianHarbor.pdf
Possible location of ‘the
the land of Punt’
Punt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NC_Punt.jpg
http://i.livescience.com/images/060306_old_rope_02.jpg
Late Middle Kingdom pottery (left)
and pottery scrapers (right)
http://www.archeogate.it/spid/spid.php?cat=mersagawasis2&order=
nom&tri=ASC&base=11&num=10&lang=IT&theme=archaeogate
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Thebes, Karnak and Luxor
htt //
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt
iki di
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19th century tinted lithograph of Hypostyle Hall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karnacs2.jpg
K
Karnak:
k photograph
h t
h (1914) Cornell
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ll University
U i
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Library
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Temple
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Karnak complex
L or temple
Luxor
http://www.touregypt.net/Map16.htm
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Avenue
off sphinxes
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Karnak
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http://en wikipedia org/wiki/File:Avenue towards Karnak JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Avenue_towards_Karnak.JPG
http://dlib etc ucla edu/projects/Karnak
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak
http://dlib etc ucla edu/projects/Karnak/google earth
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/google_earth
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/timemap
http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/timemap
Luxor temple
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http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/luxortemple.htm
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Oasis site
http://unimaps.com/egypt/index.html
Desert oases
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http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/northkhargaoasissurvey/home.htm
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Kharga and Dakhleh oases
http://upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Egypt region map cities 2 gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Egypt-region-map-cities-2.gif
The oasis in 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dakhla_Oasis_Egypt.jpg
Amheida excavations
http://www.amheida.org/maps.html
The Nile
Photo: Donna Kurtz
Kurtz, January 2009
Some collections of Egyptian art:
http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/egyptian_art
http://www britishmuseum org/the museum/departments/ancient egypt
http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/ancient_egypt_
and_sudan.aspx
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http://http://www.touregypt.net/museum/
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http://www.touregypt.net/museums.htm
http://www.lacma.org/collection/egyptian.html
Th Egyptian
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ti M
Museum, C
Cairo
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http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHegypt.html#AncEg