Lower Nubia
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Lower Nubia is the northernmost part of Nubia, roughly contiguous with the modern Lake Nasser, which submerged the historical region in the 1960s with the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Many anci
Lower Nubia lies mainly between the first and second cataracts with some historical overlappings.
Lake Nasser
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Lake Nasser is a large reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam and is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Before its creati
Lower Nubia
…Lower Nubia (also called Wawat) is the northernmost part of Nubia, roughly contiguous with the modern Lake Nasser, which submerged the historical region in the 1960s with the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Many ancient Lower Nubian monuments, and all its modern…
View from Abu Simbel
Aswan High Dam
Panoramic view of Lake Nasser at dawn
View of Abu Simbel from Lake Nasser