Nubian village on the West Bank north of Soleb |
Sanddune 5km north of Soleb and 8km south of Seddenga |
The West Bank track between Soleb and Seddenga |
The lone standing column of the ancient Egyptian Temple of Seddenga |
The Temple of Seddenga was built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III to deify his wife Tiye |
Except for the one standing column, the Temple of Sedeinga is a pile of rocks |
Temple of Sedinga, Upper Nubia |
Temple of Seddenga, XVIII Dynasty ca 1550 BC |
Temple of Sedeinga |
Temple of Sedinga |
Temple of Sedeinga |
Temple of Sedeinga |
A fallen stone of the Temple of Sedeinga |
Temple of Sedeinga |
Our transport through Northern Sudan |
Ruins of an unknown age near Sedeinga |
Staircase leading into the earth, Sedeinga |
Like most ancient passages I explored in Sudan, this one led to a small trash-filled chamber |
Active archeological dig led by the French, Sedeinga |
Active archeological dig led by the French, Sedeinga |
French archeologist at work, Sedeinga |
French archeologist at work, Sedeinga |
French archaeologist brushing away the sands of time |
Sudanese laborers on the dig site at Sedeinga |
Archeological dig at Sedeinga - N20 33.2/E030 17.44 |
Archeological dig at Sedeinga, Nubia |
Archeological dig at Sedeinga, Nubia |
Donation needed - oil can to lubricate wheelbarrow |
French archeologists at Sedeinga, Nubia-Sudan |
Active archaeological dig, Sedeinga |
Active archaeological dig, Sedeinga |
Some of the finds...mostly old bones |
Nubian village of Sedeinga |
On the return to Soleb, we stopped at the big sanddune |
Large sanddune on on the West Bank of the Nile between Sedeinga and Soleb |
Approaching the dune |
The dune is basically sand blown up against a hillside |
Climbing the rocks and dune between Sedeinga and Soleb |
Cliffs along the West Bank of the Nile 5 km north of Soleb |
An ancient cave carved into the cliff |
Hieroglyphic tablet near the cave |
View of the Nile |
Ancient cave with the black soot of ancient cooking fires and the plastic trash of modern man |
Sand built up on the southern ridge |
View of the Nile between Sedeinga and Soleb looking north |
Nile between Sedeinga and Soleb |
We decided this would be a good place for a hotel when Sudan opens up |
Panoramic view from the cliffs along the Nile between Sedeinga and Soleb |
Cliffs overlooking the Nile between Soleb and Sedeinga |
Cliffs overlooking the Nile between Soleb and Sedeinga |
Nubian cliffs |
The easiest way down was via the sand dune |