Gateway from Ajuala, Abu, Elephantine island, Egypt
Gateway from Ajuala, originally at Paptoulis in Lower Nubia, reconstructed here c. 1900, and behind on the left, a reconstruction of a small Ptolemaic Temple of Kalabsha, at Abu, on Elephantine island in the river Nile, at Aswan, Egypt. The island was important in the ivory trade from c. 3, 000 BC during the 1st dynasty, and was a defensive site above the First Cataract of the Nile at the border between Egypt and Nubia. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14109380
Media ID
45731424
Size
8268px x 5878px
(18.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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