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The Nubian Museum is one of the most important museums in Egypt. It outlines the history and culture of the Nubian people, and was built as a thank you to the Nubians for the sacrifices they made for the Aswan Dam - most of their land is now submerged. It isn't one of those huge daunting museums, and we were able to cover it in about 1.5 hours - getting a good feel for it all, but not stopping to read about every artefact. You could of course spend a lot more time there. I particularly liked this large statue, located in the centre of the main hall. Leave a Comment Phone: 313 826Directions: On the hill, up from the Cataract Hotel and just below the Basma Hotel.Website: http://www.sis.gov.eg/nubia/flash/a1.html
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The dam is located closed to Aswan. It was built on the 60's for more than 35000 people. 3000 Soviet people came to help on this engineering miracle. It contains 3 times more granite then in the Great Piramid. The Great Piramid, Keops, contains 2300000 stones from 2 to 100 Europeans tons. It has 4 kilometers long and 111 meters high. The base measures 1 kilometer. If the Dam braks for "ANY REASON" takes only 6 hours to flood the hold country. Leave a Comment
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The collection reflects the history and character of Nubia. Among other pieces the collection includes the statue of Ramses II, statute of Amenras, the head of the Shpatka, and the head of black granite of Tahraqa. The building of the museum is constructed in traditions of Nubian architecture. As it stands on a slope of a rock, its western part is one-storeyed, and eastern part is two-storeyed. The wide ladder conducts downwards from a lobby. Visitors are met with a breadboard model of a valley of the Nile on which tiny copies of the most interesting architectural monuments of Nubia are placed. The exposition is located by a historical principle. In essence, it is placed in the uniform hall divided into parts by partitions. Among exhibits sculptures and jewels, ceramics and frescos from walls of the flooded Christian temples, subjects of arts and crafts. In the right part of a hall - a breadboard model of the Nubian house with brightly painted facade, household stages with wax figures of inhabitants. You may see my VIDEO-Clip from my personal YouTube channel: 4 min 20 sec Egypt Aswan Nubian Museum 2007 You may watch my Nubia Museum high resolution photos on Google Earth in Aswan according to the following coordinates 24º 4' 46.69" N 32º 53' 18.36" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Aswan Nubean Museum and Aswan Nubean Museum Inside.
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The high-altitude Dam erected with the assistance of the Soviet experts. The international association of civil engineers has named it one of ten outstanding constructions of the XX century! Egyptians gave it a name of the pyramid of XX century. The High Dam, or el-Sadd el-Ali is situated in 7km above the Old Aswan Dam. This is a massive accumulation of more then 40 billion m3. It consists of stones and sand with a clay core and a concrete facing. With a total length of 3.6km, it pounds the waters of the Nile, which was originally 500m wide at this point. It is 980m thick at the base, reducing to 40m at the top. It has 17 times the volume of the Pyramid of Cheops. The top of the dam is 111m above the base. It was built under the Soviet assistance in 1960th. A four-lane road runs across the top of the dam. A memorial, a triumphal arch and an inscription commemorate the completion of this huge enterprise and the cooperation between Egypt and the Soviet Union in its realization. Experts consider that the Dam is practically eternal. It is open for visitors from 9.00 till 14.00. Entrance fee is 2LE (40 cents). Video is forbidden on the Dam! You may see my VIDEO-Clip from my personal YouTube channel: 3 min 48 sec Egypt Aswan High Dam and Monument 2007 You may watch my High Dam high resolution photo on Google Earth in Aswan according to the following coordinates 23º 58' 16.59" N 32º 52' 5.12" E or on my Google Earth Panoramio Aswan High Dam , Aswan High Dam 2.
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