Aswan: Topographic Views
Gilchrist, Scott
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Date
2003Description
View into downtown Aswan, looking northeast, with the main Aswan mosque at right; Aswan is an Egyptian city at the northern end of the first Nile cataract, about 900 km south of Cairo. The modern town chiefly stretches along the eastern bank of a sandstone valley, which also contains numerous islands formed by the granite outcrops of the cataract; its ancient monuments are found on both the east and west banks and on some of the islands. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/17/2008)
Type of Work
photographSubject
architectural exteriors, contemporary (1960 to present), landscapes, Nile River, topographical views, Twenty-first century
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