Approaching villages, by Margo Veillon, courtesy of AUC Press (Nubia: Sketches, Notes and Photographs)




From top: the Nile in Aswan; camels ready to take you from Wadi Al-Seboua Temple to Al-Derr; Eugenie: the first cruise boat to operate on Lake Nasser some ten years ago; Philae Temple; a traveller relaxes on the deck
photos: Sherif Sonbol

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