Lake Nasser

Edition - February, 2012

Book Review: Guide to the Nubian Monuments on Lake Nasser

Book Review: Guide to the Nubian Monuments on Lake Nasser

This travel guide covers the monuments salvaged during the building of the Aswan High Dam, which were relocated to new higher land to escape the rising waters of Lake Nasser. The most substantial and impressive of these is Abu Simbel, but other sites, like Wadi al-Sebua, the sites at New Kalabsha and the tomb of Pennut are also important and very beautiful. [more…]