Nubia

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Map showing Ancient Egypt and Nubia during the New Kingdom period, with the Nile River running from Egypt in the north through Lower and Upper Nubia to Sudan in the south. Key locations such as Memphis, Thebes, Aswan, and the six cataracts of the Nile are marked, as well as neighboring regions including Greece, Anatolia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Assyria, and Babylonia.

Temple of Hathor at Abu Simbel with six large statues carved into the sandstone facade, columns with hieroglyphics, and a group of visitors walking in front.

Temple of Wadi al-Subūʿ

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ancient region, Africa

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Map showing Ancient Egypt and Nubia during the New Kingdom period, with the Nile River running from Egypt in the north through Lower and Upper Nubia to Sudan in the south. Key locations such as Memphis, Thebes, Aswan, and the six cataracts of the Nile are marked, as well as neighboring regions including Greece, Anatolia, Phoenicia, Palestine, Assyria, and Babylonia.

Nubia

Ancient region of Nubia.

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Temple of Hathor at Abu Simbel with six large statues carved into the sandstone facade, columns with hieroglyphics, and a group of visitors walking in front.

Abu Simbel, Egypt: temple

Temple at Abu Simbel built by Ramses II and dedicated to his first queen, Nefertari,...

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Temple of Wadi al-Subūʿ

Temple of Wadi al-Subūʿ

The Temple of Wadi al-Subūʿ, near Lake Nasser.

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