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Sadd el-Kafara ("Dam of the Infidels") was a masonry embankment dam on Wadi al-Garawi 10 km southeast of Helwan in Cairo, Egypt.The dam was built in the first half of the third millennium BC by the ancient Egyptians for flood control and is the second oldest dam of the world, after the Marib Dam in Yemen.
Approximate location of Canal of the Pharaohs. The Canal of the Pharaohs, also called the Ancient Suez Canal or Necho's Canal, is the forerunner of the Suez Canal, constructed in ancient times and kept in use, with intermissions, until being closed in 767 AD for strategic reasons during a rebellion.
It starts near the modern town of Zagazig and the ancient town of Bubastis and goes east to the area of modern Ismaïlia. In ancient times, this was a major communication artery for caravan trade between Egypt and points to the east. The Canal of the Pharaohs was built there. A little water still flows along the wadi. [1]
Bahr Yussef near the town of Minya The Bahr Yussef ( Arabic : بحر يوسف ; "the waterway of Joseph" [ 1 ] ) is a canal which connects the Nile River with Faiyum Oasis in Egypt . In ancient times it was called Tomis ( Ancient Greek : Τωμις ) by the Greeks, which was derived from its Egyptian name Tm.t ("ending canal").
The Philae temple complex (/ ˈ f aɪ l iː /; Ancient Greek: Φιλαί or Φιλή and Πιλάχ, Arabic: فيلة Egyptian Arabic:, Egyptian: p3-jw-rķ' or 'pA-jw-rq; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ, ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ, [1] [2] Coptic pronunciation: [ˈpilɑk, ˈpilɑkh]) is an island-based temple complex in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt.
Temple of Khonsu: Khonsu: c. 1186 – 1155 BC [3] Ramesses III: New Kingdom temple: The edifice is an example of an almost complete New Kingdom temple, and was originally constructed by Ramesses III on the site of an earlier temple. [3] — Originally: Near Aswan (Egypt) Relocated to: Madrid Temple of Debod: Amun: c. 200 BC [4] Adikhalamani ...
'falcon', [2] Ancient Greek: Τουφιον, Latin: Tuphium [3]) was the site of an ancient Egyptian town [4] and a temple to the Egyptian god Montu. [5] It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Luxor, Egypt, [4] near the settlement of Hermonthis. [6] A modern village now surrounds the site.
The Dendera Temple complex (Ancient Egyptian: Iunet or Tantere; the 19th-century English spelling in most sources, including Belzoni, was Tentyra; also spelled Denderah [1]) is located about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It is one of the best-preserved temple complexes of ancient Egypt.