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Lake Nasser

Lake Nasser is an artificial lake in Egypt and Sudan located in the south in Egypt, south Aswan city. It is created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam opened in 1971. Its name is on the honor of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who was the mastermind behind the controversial High Dam project.

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Kalabsha Temple

The temple is considered the largest preserved temple in Nubia. The structure of the temple was like the classical structure of the Ptolemaic temples. There is a chapel suggests to be built on the site of an earlier structure created by Ptolemy 11th.

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Temple of Amada

This Temple Consists of an entrance, Pylons, Hypostyle , and a Sanctury. Many Kings add parts to this temple. The hypostyle hall was a later addition by Tuthmosis IV . He enlarged the the Hypostyle and transforming the court into a pillared hall through the erection of twelve pillars in four transverse rows in front of the four columns, with inter-columnar walls between the outer pillars.

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Lake Nasser Fishing

The depth and size of the lake have allowed several species of fish that live in the Nile system to thrive and grow to unprecedented sizes.

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Qasr Ibrim

During the Middle Ages this area rose to prominence such that the most noticeable ruins visible on the island are actual what remains of a great cathedral that once stood here.

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