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" |
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Ruins of what looks like a mudbrick fort |
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