| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
|
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Cliffs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
|
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Irrigation.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Sawadah
|
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The village of Sawadah.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Sawadah
|
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Domed houses.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Sawadah
|
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The village is set on several hills.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Sawadah
|
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The houses are made from mud.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Sawadah
|
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The 4th century Coptic Church of Aba Hur.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Bani Hasan is a Nile village.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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The desert comes up to the river.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Homestead.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Houses by the river.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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The River Nile is 6853 km long.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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View along the Nile.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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View of the village.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Barren hills overlooking the river.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Bani Hassan is an ancient village.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Boat.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Grain store.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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The blue Nile, the fertile strip and the desert.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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The landscape near the river is very fertile.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Desert valley.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
District : Bani Hasan
|
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Tropical scenery.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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The hillside tombs of Bani Hasan.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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The tombs date between 2050 and 1786 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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The tombs have decayed.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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Tomb entrance.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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View from the tombs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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One of the many hillside tombs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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Ruins of the Temple of Hatshepsut (c1450 BCE).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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Rocky desert landscape.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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Desolation.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : El Minya
Site / Event : Bani Hasan Tombs
|
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An ancient village.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
|
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Abydos was a religious centre where Osiris was worshipped from 2100 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
|
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Abydos reached its peak c 1000 BCE and then declined under the Romans.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The temple of Seti I was begun around 1300 BCE and completed by his son, Ramesses II.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The temple is covered with painted reliefs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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Horus with Seti I.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The godess, Isis.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The Hypostyle Hall.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The temple is unique in having seven halls.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The Osiris Chapel.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The Chapel of Osiris with the golden boat of the dead.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The Chapel of Ra-Harikhte.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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Painted figure in the Ra-Harikhte chapel.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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The temple is very well preserved.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Abydos
Site / Event : Temple of Seti I
|
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Seti I with offerings to the gods.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
|
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Luxor (the ancient Thebes) was founded c3000 BCE and was capital of Upper Egypt in 2133 BCE.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
|
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The River Nile from Luxor.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
|
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The city of Luxor from the West bank of the Nile.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
|
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One of the many oases near the city.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Avenue of the Sphynxes
|
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The Avenue of the Sphynxes was once 1km long.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Avenue of the Sphynxes
|
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One of the Sphynx statues.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Temple of Luxor dates from the 1300s BCE and is 300m long.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Pylon is 24m high and was built by Ramesses II.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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One of a pair of 25m high obelysks. The other is in Paris.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Statue of Ramasses II.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Many of the walls are decorated with reliefs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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View of the temple.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The temple complex dates from the 1300s BCE.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Pylon is covered with reliefs showing the Battle of Kadesh, Egypt against the Hittites.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Triple Sanctuary of Amun, Mut and Khusu (the Thebian Trinity).
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Peristyle Court has a double row of 74 papyrus bud columns.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Peristyle Court has many statues of Ramasses II.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The temple dwarfs visitors: the Colonnade of Tutankhamun and Horemheb.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Abu-i-Haggag Mosque was built in the 19th century but the smaller minaret dates from 1077.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The temple is like a city within a city.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Carved wall.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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View of the Abu-i-Haggag Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Court of Amenhotep III.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The column tops of the Court of Amenhotep III.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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The Colonnade of Tutankhamun and Horemheb and the Pylon.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Egyptian heiroglyphs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Offering to the gods.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Figure with birdlife.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Animals.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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A church apse behind the Hypostyle Hall.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Unrestored fragments.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Luxor Temple
|
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Carvings on a statue of Ramasses II.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
|
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Desert village.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
|
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House of a pilgrim.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The Karnak Temple is one of the largest in the world.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The temple is 400m by 500m and contains many structures.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The temple complex is like a city within a city.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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Karnak is the second largest temple complex in the world.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The temple is 500m long.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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Ram headed sphynxes, each with a small statue of Ramesses II between its forelegs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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Ram headed sphynx.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The only remaining column of ten is 26.5m high.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The 130m wide pylon.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The first forecourt is 103m by 84m.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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All the stonework is covered in carvings and heiroglyphs.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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A riot of carvings.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The Temple of Ramesses III is dedicated to Amun.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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15m high statue of Ramesses II with one of his daughters.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The 26.5m high column dwarfs visitors.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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Goats at the temple complex.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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A row of statues.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The temple is 500m long with many structures.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Luxor
Site / Event : Karnak Temple
|
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The Hypostyle Hall was built by Seti I and Ramesses II.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.