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A Historical Comparative Gazetteer For Nubia, Daniele Salvoldi Dr., Klaus Geus
A Historical Comparative Gazetteer For Nubia, Daniele Salvoldi Dr., Klaus Geus
Sociology, Egyptology & Anthropology Department: Faculty Work
In 1960, in the wake of the Egyptian Government’s announcement that the Aswan Dam would be once again heightened, this time creating a permanent lake to extend 500 kilometers deep into Nubia, many institutions answered the UNESCO call to save the ancient monuments. Frenetic work of documentation and survey (both archeological and ethnographic), excavation, and rescue of the most important buildings began.
The Lost Chapels Of Elephantine: Preliminary Results Of A Reconstruction Study Through Archival Documents, Daniele Salvoldi Dr., Simon Delvaux
The Lost Chapels Of Elephantine: Preliminary Results Of A Reconstruction Study Through Archival Documents, Daniele Salvoldi Dr., Simon Delvaux
Sociology, Egyptology & Anthropology Department: Faculty Work
Two bark repositories used to stand on Elephantine Island until the beginning of the 19th century: an almost complete chapel called ‘South Temple’, built by Amenhotep III, probably on the occasion of his second heb-sed, and a much ruined but similar building, the ‘North Temple’, built by Sety I or Ramesses II. Both were destroyed by the local governor in 1822 and the stone blocks reused for new constructions. Nowadays, not a single trace of them is left on the field: the only sources available are architectural cross sections and plans, relief copies, textual descriptions, and landscape views made by …
Pilgrims To Tourists: Evolution Of Travel In South Sinai In The 19th And 20th Century, Daniele Salvoldi Dr.
Pilgrims To Tourists: Evolution Of Travel In South Sinai In The 19th And 20th Century, Daniele Salvoldi Dr.
Faculty Journal Articles
Since Late Antiquity, South Sinai has been anattraction or travellers. For centuries, the fortune the region had laid in its holy character for both Christianity and Islam. It is only in the 19thcentury that other motivations arose and what wasa traditional pilgrimage turned often into leisure travel. In the words of Joseph Hobbs: “All who travelled overland to Mount Sinai emphasized the hazards along the way. From the early 19th century such obstacles became an attraction in themselves, a reason to travel.” 1 The main difference between pilgrims and travellers was the motivation: “Pilgrimage formost was necessity, penance, exile, suffering …