Snap Shot: Sites that the High Dam put under threat

Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy)

El-Hebeishy lists the main sites that were put under threat by the Aswan High Dam, and shows a photograph of one of the beautiful painted scenes which was salvaged from Buhen, which is now under the waters of the lake:

The featured photograph captures one of the salvaged walls of the Temple of Buhen. Dedicated to Horus, this temple was completed during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. It was built inside the walls of the fortress of Buhen, one of a series known as the Second Cataract Fortresses which were built by the Pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom. Located on the western bank of the Nile, around 50 kilometres south of Aksha, the fortress of Buhen served as an important strategic point ensuring control over this part of the river.