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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 …