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Photos of Aswan

from the travel blog entry The Fifth Day: Cruising the Nile and Visiting the Temple of Isis
by terry about a trip to Aswan

Local ferry preparing to cross the river	Walking along the west bank.	Desert sand close to the river on the west bank.	The desert on both sides of the river, close to Aswan.
The High Dam, built with Russian help. A memorial to Russian-Egyptian cooperation is on the horizon.	The Nile below the High Dam.	Lake Nasser above the High Dam	The Temple of Isis, on an island in the Nile below the High Dam. A lower dam opened in the late ...
Columns in the temple of Isis in its old, flooded location.	In the courtyard before the temple, today. Note the darker area on the pillars where the flood ...	In the colonade before the temple.	The Temple of Isis. Note the dark line where the waters used to lie. Boats would take tourists ...
Reliefs on the front of the temple.	Entrance to the temple. The size of the people shows clearly how much smaller this temple is than ...	Isis	The temple was transformed into a Christian church. Note the Coptic Christian cross.
Along the side of the temple.	Pillars on an addition to the temple complex built by the Romans.	Another view of the Roman addition.	One of the boats that carry tourists to the island where the temple now sits.