Sesibi Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Sesibi

Arriving at the West Bank landing of the New Delgo Ferry	Sudan flag, New Delgo Ferry	West Bank of the Nile	The New Delgo Ferry deposits you on the West Bank south of the Temple of Sesibi
Road cut into the bank leading up from the ferry landing	Beehive Tomb, Nubia	Mosque and cemetery in a West Bank Nubian village	Nubian village south of Sesibi on the West Bank of the Nile
Tidy Nubian house with stripes painted along the roofline	An old abandoned Nubian house	Nubian village mosque with a tall minaret south of Sesibi	Three Palms
Nubian village mosque south of Sesibi (N20 05.3/E030 33.34)	The main road on the West Bank of the Nile through Nubia north of Dongola is unpaved (2009)	The Nubian village at Sesibi	The ancient Egyptian temple of Sesibi on the West Bank of the Nile, Nubia
Sesibi was founded by the Egyptians during the XVIII Dynasty (14th C. BC)	Ruins of the Temple of Aten built by Akhenaten	Temple of Sesibi dedicated to the One God, Aten	Akhenaten, the Heretic King, worshiped the Aten (the sun disk), establishing the world's first monotheistic religion
Akhenaten was suceded by Tutankhamun who restored the traditional Egyptian pantheon	Scant remains of the Temple of Aten at Sesibi	One column of the Temple of Sesibi	Arabic graffiti carved into the Temple of Sesibi
Temple of Sesibi, Upper Nubia	Temple of Sesibi, ca 1350-1330 BC	Temple of Sesibi, XVIII Dynasty	Pitted base of a column, Temple of Sesibi
Temple of Sesibi, three columns and a pile of rubble	View from the Temple of Sesibi	Temple of Sesibi	Jebel Sesi capped by ruins of a 5th C. AD fortress
Jebel Sesi, 1 km NE of the Temple of Sesibi	View of the new guesthouse in Sesibi from the side of Jebel Sesi	Climbing Jebel Sesi	Climbing Jebel Sesi
Ruins of the 5th C. AD fortress at Jebel Sesi	Ruins of the 5th C. AD fortress at Jebel Sesi	View of the Nile from Jebel Sesi looking south	Fertile fields on the banks of the Nile seen from Jebel Sesi
Fertile fields on the banks of the Nile seen from Jebel Sesi	Crumbling ruins of the 5th C. AD fortress at Jebel Sesi	Fertile fields on the banks of the Nile seen from Jebel Sesi	Rruins of the 5th C. AD fortress at Jebel Sesi
Panoramic view of the Nile from Jebel Sesi	Panoramic view of the Nile from Jebel Sesi	Panoramic view of the deserts west of the Nile from Jebel Sesi	View of the Nile looking north from Jebel Sesi
Nubian village on the West Bank of the Nile beneath Jebel Sesi	Nubian village on the West Bank of the Nile beneath Jebel Sesi	Timeless Nubian village on the banks of the Nile, Sesibi	View north from Jebel Sesi
The architecture of this region has remained unchanged for centuries	Ruins of the hill fort at Sesibi	The new guesthouse at Sesibi	We're invited in to see the new guesthouse
Nubian guesthouse at Sesibi, not yet open in December 2009	This place looks like it will be real nice when it opens sometime in 2010	Waiting for the final finishing touches	Courtyard of the new Nubian guesthouse at Sesibi
The harsh desert surrounding Sesibi	A desert track cutting across a bend in the Nile between Sesibi and Soleb 40km away	Desert northwest of Sesibi	Cutting across the desert saves around 15km vs following the river to Soleb
For this camel, that was perhaps 15 km too much...	A camel that didn't survive the trek northward to market in Egypt	Camel hide with bleached bones	"Dead Camel Highway" between Sesibi and Soleb
Camel skull	This was the first dead camel we saw, but not the last	"Dead Camel Highway" between Sesibi and Soleb	"Dead Camel Highway" between Sesibi and Soleb
"Dead Camel Highway" between Sesibi and Soleb	"Dead Camel Highway"	"Dead Camel Highway" on the west bank of the Nile, Nubia	"Dead Camel Highway" between Sesibi and Soleb
Route marker along the "Dead Camel Highway"	Another camel that didn't survive the "Dead Camel Highway	"Dead Camel Highway"	The rest area at the end of "Dead Camel Highway"
SudanDec09 1665.jpg	Ruins of what looks like a mudbrick fort	sesibi dead camel highway.jpg

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