ABU SIMBEL, Egypt - in the 1960s, rising waters from a new dam threatens the temples and monuments of Nubia, which go into hiding old home of the black Pharaohs in Egypt's far south. To preserve you, antiques were dismantled, moved and reconstructed. Today most can be seen of the surviving monuments only, from the Lake, created by the waters that you almost completely destroyed.
Cruises on the 300-mile-long wet Lake, stops include the largest artificial lake in the world, almost a dozen temples to besuchen.Vier day trips are offered on a couple of elegant cruise ships, the Eugenie and the Kasr Ibrim, hark back to a golden age of the 1920s travel in Egypt and carry more than just a hint of Agatha Christie's novel.
For tourists huge water of the Lake are welcome also a recreation of the DIN Egypt's teeming cities and offers a contrast to the intensively cultivated green fields of the Nile Valley. birds wheel overhead and Egypt last crocodiles slip unseen by the dark waters.The only other sound is the gentle chug of ship engine.
But the temple and the history of their survival are a highlight of Reise.Sie were ever seen by the international community in one of the most dramatic benefits of engineering and maintenance of the world had, laboriously cut into pieces and rebuilt on higher ground, or in one case, carefully chipped the rocks and slipped stored on tracks for more than an and a half mile.
The most dramatic project was the dismantling of the massive statues of Pharaoh of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel in thousand Stücke.Sie were converted on high ground, lapped over a period of four years as the rising waters at her feet.
The Lake over Sudan crosses, was created as Egypt, with the help of the former Soviet Union, the dam, built on would go to provide half of Egypt's power in the 1970s.The land of the droughts and famines that raged in the following decades East Africa protected.
But while some 50 countries including the United States, pitched in saving monuments, nothing could be done for the people that lived there for thousands of years, had even judgment as Pharaohs in the eighth century b.c..
About 60,000 people North, moved to rudimentary housing in Aswan, far from the fields and orchards, which you in grew mussten.Konten describe families kiss the ground and handful of soil before departure, pocketing, even as the water rose over their villages.
To this day, members of the survivor community are tempted, your unique language and culture to bewahren.Als cultivate the Government once again talking about Desert Lake began the Nubians demanded to return.
Now deserted, remain however, Lake rocky coastlines barren with only the occasional Fischer, sailing around the islands which once buyers and were mme distant hills.
The Lake is also the last home for Egypt's famous crocodiles, with some 5,000 flowering in the cool water with dragons, Nile geese and numerous birds of comfortable lounge chairs on the Kasr Ibrim's polished wooden promenade deck can be seen.
The cruise includes several classy touches such as cocktails at the beginning of the journey as the ship sails past the Tropic of cancer, the northern border of Tropen.Dann awesome statues of Abu Simbel from the waters rise on the last day burst the triumphal arch sounds of Verdi's Egypt-inspired Opera "Aida" ship's stores speakers.
The major highlights are the trips to the rescued Temple towards. guests aboard barges climbing and dart across the Lake to the ruins.
Many come from the period of Ramesses the great Egypt swaggering Pharaoh, who the Nile valley filled with statues of itself in the thirteenth century BC, the culminating in the Colossi of Abu Simbel.
Ramses was to conquer the latest Egyptian Pharaoh and imposing Nubia, to recruit perform its gold, ivory and cattle, but his men for his armies.
In the Beit al Wali temple near filled dam he walls with carvings of his victory over the Nubians, his chariots trample defeated armies and lopping from enemy heads.
Further South Ramses' Wadi el Seboua Temple, consists of an avenue of Sphinxes at the entrance, history who leave carved into the wall and paintings of St. George on the altar speak other characters hat.Kreuze from the arrival of Christianity in the deep South.
Egypt experienced massive persecution by the Roman Empire, culminating in 284 A.D. with Emperor of Diocletian's "time of the martyrs" that the Christians drawn the Egyptian Church now it is your calendar.
Many Christians fled to escape the reach of the Romans to remote monasteries in the desert or deep in Nubia, and converted the old temples in churches, often worshipped defacing the images of the old gods, even as you in your shadow.
The Temple of Kalabsha where close to Aswan and Dhaka South Temple are interesting as well because you Egypt's date Greek and Roman times around 1,000 years after the golden age of the Pharaohs.
They were part of the country's culture occupy, the Hellenistic and Roman overlords closely mimicked the old styles and honored the ancient gods - with a few improvements.
Greek-trained craftsmen carved the familiar Egyptian deities in the contemporary bas-relief style with more physical detail, have collection of beautiful wall carvings now elaborate lighting from below.
Often temple walls with plaster covered the old Egyptians and carved into it - an easier way that however, stand the test of time.
An exception though, one of the oldest in Nubia to the Amada temples dating back 3400 years 18th Dynasty Thutmose III.Es houses a fine collection of plaster carving had a real dilemma of the French engineers provided, to save it in the 1960s.
Fear the carvings would be damaged if apart took the temple as the others, the French ended up carefully chipping out his rock base and slide it along on tracks for 1.5 miles (2.5 km) at a rate of about 100 feet (30 metres) on the day.
After viewing such wonders of ancient and modern, for much of the day under a scorching sun, it is a relief for back to cool surrounding of the ship where passengers with ice cold towels welcome and drinks in the lounge.
Open an expansive rooms with high ceilings and large Windows to the beauty of the Lake, it is an ideal place to the relax and read - and wait for Detective Hercule Poirot, all together, to reveal the murderer to collect.
By news.yahoo.com
AP - this Saturday, October 16, 2010 image shows Roman era columns at the Kertassi kiosk near the temple
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