A big line of trucks headed towards Khartoum on the main road from Atbara |
Acacia-studded desert near Meroë |
Junction for the dirt road to the ancient Egyptian temples of Nagaa (Naqa) and Muswarat (Musawwarat) |
A white camel grazing on an acacia tree, Sudan |
A big camel in the Sudanese desert along the track to Naqa |
A small group of camels near Naqa |
Sudanese man on a camel leading three others |
Camels along the track to Naqa |
A small mountain breaking the monotony of the flat desert |
Naga Archaeological Security Police |
The ancient Egyptian ruins at Naqa, about 100 km southwest of Meroë |
The ancient Kushite Temple of Apedemak, Naqa |
The Temple of Apedemak was dedicated to the lion-headed Nubian war god |
The "Roman Kiosk" at Naqa |
The ancient Kushite site of Naqa with ruins dating from ca 135 BC to the 1st C. AD |
النقعة |
Go to the Egyptian Museum in Berlin to see the statue of Isis discovered in the Roman Kiosk |
"Roman Kiosk", Naqa |
The front of the Temple of Apedamak has large reliefs of Natakamani and Queen Amanitore (ca 50 AD) |
Relief of King Natakamani, ca 20 AD |
Temple of Apedemak, Naqa |
Reliefs of the gods on the southern wall of the Temple of Apedemak, Naqa |
Reliefs of the gods on the southern wall of the Temple of Apedemak, Naqa |
Reliefs of the gods on the southern wall of the Temple of Apedemak, Naqa |
Temple of Apedemak, Naqa |
Reliefs on the Temple of Apedamak, Naqa |
Reliefs on the Temple of Apedamak, Naqa |
Reliefs on the Temple of Apedamak, Naqa |
Reliefs on the Temple of Apedamak, Naqa |
Jebel Naqa |
People still bring their herds to use the ancient wells at Naqa |
Men filling canisters of water from the deep well at Naqa |
A pair of donkeys pulling a rope to raise the water bucket from the well |
Naqa is in the desert around 25 km from the Nile so wells are vital |
Filling a water trough for the cows |
Cows drinking near the well at Naqa |
The deep well at Naqa, Sudan |
The deep well at Naqa, Sudan |
The deep well at Naqa, Sudan |
Small building with Jebel Naqa |
Jebel Naqa and the ruins of the Temple of Amun |
Ram statues lining the entrance to the Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Statue of a ram at the Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Statue of a ram at the Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Ram statue, Naqa |
Ancient carvings, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Western processional way, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Hypostyle hall, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Column, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Egyptian goddess, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Columns, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Top of a column, Temple of Amun |
Three columns, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Min, the Egyptian god of fertility |
Pillar, Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Top of a column, Temple of Amun |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
The god Amun, Naqa |
Khnum, the ram-headed god |
Reliefs with the ram-headed god, Khnum, Naqa |
Excellent reliefs at the Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Relief of Amun enthroned, Naqa |
Khnum, the ram-headed god, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |
Temple of Amun, Naqa |