Abu Simbel (village)
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Abu Simbel is a village in the Egyptian part of Nubia, located approximately 240 km southwest of Aswan and near the Egypt–Sudan border. As of 2012, it has about 2,600 inhabitants. It is best known as
Abu Simbel in 2017
The Abu Simbel temples
Wadi Halfa
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Wadi Halfa is a city in the Northern State of Sudan on the shores of Lake Nubia near the border with Egypt. It is the terminus of a rail line from Khartoum and the point where goods are transferred fr
A 19th-century photograph of British troops aboard a steamer connecting Wadi Halfa with Asyut during the Mahdist War.
Photo from 1910 showing the ruins of a medieval Nubian church near Wadi Halfa
Chained Sudanese prisoners carrying British baggage through Wadi Halfa in 1898.