Request: Temples in Egypt

[M.K.]

I would like some ancient temples in Egypt to be added in database. I personnaly visited all them and because of their great history expeculations even beeing not that tall the importance is enormous for our pre-history that I would like be included in Database. Some of them, I made already some drawings how the apperance could be in ancient times. My descriptions here would be quite short as many sources and information in web has.

Building Request Form - Temple of Karnak

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Official sources: http://www.kingtutshop.com/freeinfo/karnak.htm
http://www.anniebees.com/Egypt/Karnak-1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak http://www.discoveringegypt.com/karnak1.htm
Unofficial sources: http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Egypt/Karnak.html

Building Name: Temple of Karnak
Native Name: El-Karnak - Ipet Sut
Other Names: الكرنك the most venerated place
Address: On the banks of the River Nile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Nile) some 2.5 km north of Luxor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor)
City: al Karnak - Luxor
Postal Code:
State/Province: Thebes- down Nile river
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.delange.org/Karnak/EP14.htm
http://touregypt.net/karnak.htm
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/karnak1.htm
http://www.anniebees.com/Egypt/Karnak-1.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Ramesses I (http://touregypt.net/19dyn01.htm), Ramesses II (http://touregypt.net/19dyn03.htm), Ptolemies (http://www.touregypt.net/alexhis1.htm), Seti I (1306 - 1290 BC) (http://touregypt.net/19dyn02.htm), Amenhotep (Amenophis) III (http://touregypt.net/featurestories/amenhotep3.htm), Tuthmosis I (1504 - 1492 BC), Hatshepsut (1473-1458 BC) (http://touregypt.net/18dyn05.htm), Tuthmosis III (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/tuthmosis3.htm) (1479-1425 BC) was Hatshepsut (http://www.touregypt.net/18dyn05.htm)'s successor.
The present sanctuary was built by the brother of Alexander the Great (http://www.touregypt.net/macdyn01.htm), Philip Arrhidaeus (323-316 BC).
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-It consists of four main parts, of which only one is accessible for tourists and the general public. This is also the "main" temple part and by far the largest part.

-The term Karnak, often is misunderstood as being the Precinct of Amon-Re (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precinct_of_Amon-Re) only, as this is the only part most visitors normally see. The three other parts, although more ancient, are closed to the public.

-There also are a few smaller temples and sanctuaries located outside the enclosing walls of the four main parts, as well as several avenues of ram-headed sphinxes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx) connecting the Precinct of Mut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precinct_of_Mut), the Precinct of Amon-Re (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precinct_of_Amon-Re), and Luxor Temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple).

-Approximately thirty pharaohs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaohs) contributed to the buildings, enabling it to reach a size, complexity, and diversity not seen elsewhere. About 80,000 people employed for the building and decoration of the temple!

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- spire:
-The hall ceiling was 25m high and was supported by 12 papyrus columns. The columns are made of sandstone and set in two rows of six. Each row is flanked on either side by 7 rows of columns that are 42 feet (12.8m) high. Each row has 9 columns, however the inner rows have 7 columns.
-This obelisk stands 70 feet (21.3m) tall and weighs about 143 tons.
-Hatshepsut Obelisc: It is 97 feet (29.6m) high and weighs approximately 320 tons. The top of the obelisk was visible for 50 miles (80 km).The pink granite for the obelisk was quarried at Aswan, which is several hundred miles south of Karnak.

- roof: 43 m - Pylons The first pylon was started in the XXV Dynasty but never finished, an attempt to emulate the grandeur of earlier times failed in all ways apart from size. At 113 metres wide and 43 metres high it is the largest here at Karnak and dwarfs its equivalent at Luxor.The second pylon was the work of Horemheb and leads into the immense Hypostyle Hall. This was started during the reign of Ramses I the founder of the XIV Dynasty. The hall was finally finished under his grandson: Ramses II.
The hall would have been about 25 metres high and it is hard to take in the idea as you walk between these huge papyrus columns that they originally held up a roof.
- top floor:
- other heights: The most imposing structure is the hypostyle hall which measures over 300 feet long and 159 feet wide. Within its area stands 34 columns, each almost 70 feet high, with open papyrus shaped capitals.
The Lateran Obelisk
In a small temple near the East Gate is a large base where once stood the world's tallest obelisk, all 32.3 metres of it. About 357 AD the Emperor Constantine ordered that the obelisk should be moved to Constantinople. Despite not having airport luggage handlers in those days the obelisk ended up in Rome instead!
It fell over at some stage in its life and was re-erected in 1588 in the Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano. The carvings on the obelisk state that it was made by Tuthmosis III for his father Amun-Re and that it was unusually: intended as a single obelisk.


Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: 12th dynasty (1991-1785 BC)
- finished: 316 BC
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors: 1
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area: 247 acres
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): Temple, Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Museum
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Stones, Granit
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Photo Link: http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/images/oxed/children/egypt/egypt_temple2.jpg
http://images.google.de/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&q=karnak&btnG=Search+Images
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/images/oxed/children/egypt/egypt_temple2.jpg
http://www.bibleplaces.com/images/Karnak_Temple_facade4_tb_n110500.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Luxor
Native Name: Al-Karnak
State/Province: Thebes
Country: Egypt
Population: about 150000
Population Source & Year: http://touregypt.net/luxor/ recent
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A simply drawing is being considered! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Of Luxor

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Official sources: http://touregypt.net/lxtmpl.htm
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/luxor1.htm
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/egypt/luxor/luxor.html
http://lexicorient.com/egypt/luxor01.htm

Building Name: Temple Of Luxor
Native Name: al-uksur, Ipt rsyt, the "southern sanctuary'
Other Names: ipet resyt, or "the southern harem"
Address: east bank of the River Nile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile)
City: Luxor
Postal Code:
State/Province: Thebes - down Nile
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/luxortemple.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Amenhotep III (http://touregypt.net/18dyn09.htm) and Ramesses II (http://touregypt.net/19dyn03.htm)
It is known that Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) (http://www.touregypt.net/18dyn10.htm) built a sanctuary to the sun (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/aten.htm) next to the Luxor Temple that was later destroyed by Horemheb (http://www.touregypt.net/18dyn14.htm).
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-The Luxor Temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun-Re, his wife Mut, and his son Khonsu.

-Access to the temple was – and still is, for the thousands of tourists who flock there every day – from the north, where a causeway lined by sphinxes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinxes) once led all the way to Ipet Sut in modern Al-Karnak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak). This road was a later addition, dating from the time of Nectanebo I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectanebo_I) in the 30th Dynasty.
The temple properly begins with the 24 metre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre) (79 ft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_%28unit_of_length%29)) high First Pylon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon_%28architecture%29), built by Ramesses II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II). The pylon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon_%28architecture%29) was decorated with scenes of Ramesses's military triumphs (particularly the Battle of Kadesh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh)); later pharaohs, particularly those of the Nubian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubia) 25th dynasty, also recorded their victories there. This main entrance to the temple complex was originally flanked by six colossal statues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statues) of Ramesses – four seated, and two standing – but only two (both seated) have survived. Modern visitors can also see a 25 metre (82 ft) tall pink granite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite)obelisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk): it is one of a matching pair. The other was taken to Paris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris) in 1835 where it now stands in the centre of the Place de la Concorde (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde).
The pylon gateway leads into a peristyle courtyard, also built by Ramesses II. This area, and the pylon, were built at an oblique angle to the rest of the temple, presumably to accommodate the three pre-existing barque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barque) shrines located in the northwest corner. It is atop the columns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column) of this courtyard that the Abu Haggag mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque) was built: on the eastern side, a doorway leads surrealistically out into thin air some 8 metres (26 ft) above the ground.

-The Temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theban_Triad) of Amun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun), Mut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mut), and Chons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chons) and was built during the New Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kingdom), the focus of the annual Opet Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opet_Festival), in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak) (ipet-isut) to stay there for a while, with his consort Mut, in a celebration of fertility – whence its name.

-After the peristyle courtyard comes the processional colonnade built by Amenhotep III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep_III) – a 100 metre (328 ft) corridor lined by 14 papyrus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus)-capital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%28architecture%29) columns. Friezes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friezes) on the wall describe the stages in the Opet Festival, from sacrifices at Karnak at the top left, through Ammon's arrival at Luxor at the end of that wall, and concluding with his return on the opposite side. The decorations were put in place by Tutankhamun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun): the boy pharaoh is depicted, but his names have been replaced with those of Horemheb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horemheb).
Beyond the colonnade is a peristyle courtyard, which also dates back to Amenhotep's original construction. The best preserved columns are on the eastern side, where some traces of original colour can be seen. The southern side of this courtyard is made up of a 32-column hypostyle court that leads into the inner sanctums of the temple.
These begin with a dark antechamber (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antechamber). Of particular interest here are the Roman stuccoes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stucco) that can still be seen atop the Egyptian carvings below; in Roman times this area served as a chapel, where local Christians were offered a final opportunity to renounce their faith and embrace the state religion. Moving further in stands a Barque Shrine for use by Amun, built by Alexander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great), with the final area being the private quarters of the gods and the Birth Shrine of Amenhotep III (his divine origin is depicted in careful, touching detail on the walls).
A cache of 26 New Kingdom statues was found under the floor in the inner sanctum area in 1989 – hidden away by pious priests, presumably, at some moment of internal upheaval or invasion. These splendid pieces are now on display at the nearby Luxor Museum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Museum).

-After Egypt's pagan period, a Christian church (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/coptchurch.htm) and monastery was located here, and after that, a mosque (13th century Mosque of Abu el-Haggag) was built that continues to be used today.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: Two red granite obelisks originally stood in front of the first pylon at the rear of the forecourt, but only one, more than 25 m (75 feet) high, now remains. The other was removed to Paris where it now stands in the center of the Place de la Concorde. These obelisks were not of the same height, and they were not on the ame alignment, probably to make up in perspective for this difference in height.
- roof: 24m - Pylons
- top floor:
- other: The overall length of the temple between the pylon and rear wall measures about 189.89 by 55.17 meters (623 by 181 feet).

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: 12th Dynasty (http://www.touregypt.net/hdyn12.htm)
The earliest reference to the temple comes from a pair of stelae left at Maasara quarry, in the hills east of Memphis (http://www.touregypt.net/memphis.htm), inscribed in regnal year 22 of the reign of Ahmose (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/ahmose1.htm), c. 1550 BC.
- finished: 18th Dynasty (http://www.touregypt.net/hdyn18a.htm)
But structural evidence appears at Luxor only during the co-rule of Hatshepsut (http://www.touregypt.net/18dyn05.htm) and Tuthmosis III (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/tuthmosis3.htm) c 1500 BC. These elements are now built into the triple shrine erected by Ramesses II (http://www.touregypt.net/19dyn03.htm), c 1280 BC, the most substantial remnant of Luxor temple’s Tuthmosid phase.
- destroyed:
Buildings used in this transformation and which no longer exist in whole include a chapel dedicated to Hathor (http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/hathor.htm) that was erected during the 25th dynasty (http://www.touregypt.net/hdyn25.htm) reign of Taharqa (http://www.touregypt.net/25dyn03.htm) and a colonnade of Shabaka (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/shabaka.htm), later dismantled. A modest mudbrick shrine dedicated to Serapis (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/serapis.htm) during Hadrian’s reign and which still contains a statue of Isis survives at the court’s northwest corner.

Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
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Structure Type(s): Temple, Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument, Museum
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Stones, Granit
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Photo Link: http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/html/luxor_temple_index.html
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/egypt/images/luxor/luxor-temple/aerial-from-balloon-cc-robertf.jpg
http://www.hartifacts.com/phoenix/tours/luxor/images/reconstruct.jpg
http://www.anthonykosky.com/Egypt/Photos/Feb08/Feb08_38.jpg
http://www.hartifacts.com/phoenix/tours/luxor/images/reconstruct.jpg
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/pics/colonade.jpg
http://wikitravel.org/upload/en/thumb/e/ea/Luxor_temple_sw.jpg/300px-Luxor_temple_sw.jpg


City Request Form

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City Name: Luxor
Native Name: Luxor
State/Province: Thebes - down Nile
Country: Egypt
Population: 150000
Population Source & Year: see above
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A simple drawing is being considered! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Of Esna

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Official sources: http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/upper/esna/esna.html
Unofficial sources: http://www.kenseamedia.com/august/esna_site.htm
http://lexicorient.com/egypt/esna01.htm

Building Name: Temple Of Esna
Native Name:
Other Names: Temple of Khnum (http://www.touregypt.net/khnumtemple.htm)
Address: Nile west River Bank
City: Esna
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Egypt
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://touregypt.net/featurestories/templekhnum.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Tuthmosis III (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/tuthmosis3.htm)
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-The Temple is dedicated to the ram headed God Khnum, the God of creation. Tuthmosis III laid the foundations of the Temple in the 18th Dynasty, but Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors, from 40-250 A.D, completed it, and their names are recorded all over the Temple walls.
The remains of the Temple contain a hall of columns, with 24 pillars, beautifully decorated with lotus and palm capitals. The walls are covered with 4 rows of relief’s, showing Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors dressed in Pharaoh costumes, sacrificing to the God of the Temple. On both sides of the Temple entrance there are chambers that were used by the priests and keepers of the Temple as storerooms.
Flanking the entrance to each room, you will notice the Emperor Trajan, carried in a litter by six Priests, with jackal and hawk masks of the Gods.

-The most interesting scenes in this Temple are the ones you will find on the roof, which is decorated with astronomical representations. On the left side of the gateway of the Temple you can see the sky Goddess Nut, the Dog Star, Orion’s belt, and Alpha Draconis (or the Dragon Star).
On the western wall of the façade of the Temple you can see the God Horus, God of victory, and the God Khnum, dragging a net full of fish from the Nile, as well as relief’s of birds. Significantly at the foot of this representation is the last known hieroglyphic inscriptions ever recorded, completed by the Roman Emperor Dios in 250 A.D.


-Though only the hypostyle hall was excavated by Auguste Mariette (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/egyptologists.htm), it is well preserved. Other remains of the temple lie buried beneath the surrounding buildings of the modern town. The back wall of the hypostyle hall is the oldest part of this construct, having been the facade of the old Ptolemaic (Greek) temple. It has depictions of both Ptolemy VI Philometer (http://www.touregypt.net/32dyn06.htm) and VIII (http://www.touregypt.net/32dyn08.htm). The remainder of the building was built by the Romans (Claudius through Decius) and some of its decorations date as to as late as the third century AD.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: The facade of this structure measures some forty meters wide by seventeen meters high. 17m
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: Some blocks of the earlier 18th Dynasty structure are preserved.
Ptolemy VI (180-145 BC) to Decius (249-251 AD).
- finished: The present structure dates to the Greek (http://www.touregypt.net/alexhis1.htm) and Roman periods (http://www.touregypt.net/ehistory.htm#Roman Period) and is one of the latest temples to have been built by the ancient Egyptians.
The Temple is dedicated to the ram headed God Khnum, the God of creation. Tuthmosis III laid the foundations of the Temple in the 18th Dynasty, but Ptolemaic and Roman Emperors, from 40-250 A.D, completed it, and their names are recorded all over the Temple walls.
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Temple, Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument, Museum
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Stones, Painting
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Photo Link: http://www.ask-aladdin.com/images/esna1.jpg
http://www2.ac-lille.fr/arabe/images/pays_arabes/Egypte/1_rom_esna_dvh.jpg
http://www.ask-aladdin.com/images/esna1.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Esna
Native Name: Isna
State/Province:
Country: Egypt
Population: 1000
Population Source & Year: Isna is located about 33 miles south of Luxor,
Esna (http://www.touregypt.net/isna.htm) is located about fifty kilometers south of Luxor (http://www.touregypt.net/luxor/).
http://www.touregypt.net/isna.htm
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There is also a barrage just outside of town which was built in 1906.
http://www.satellite-sightseer.com/id/10753/Egypt//Esna/Temple_of_Khnum

A simple Drawing is considered! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Of Edfu - Horus

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Official sources: http://www.touregypt.net/edfut.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/edfu.htm
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edfu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Edfu
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~nicholson/egypt/temples.html
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/edfu.htm

Building Name: Temple Of Horus - Edfu
Native Name: Tell Edfu
Other Names: Horus of Behdet, Hathor, and their son, Hor-Sama-Tawy. In the old Greek documents, Edfu was known as “Apollopolis Magna”
Address: West river Bank Nile
City: Edfu
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/edfu.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/edfut.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Ptolemy III Euergetes I
Most of the work continued throughout this period with a brief interlude of 20 years while there was unrest during the period of Ptolemy IV and Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. Hence, the current temple was but the last in a long series of temples build on this location. It is said that the original structure housing a statue of Horus was a grass hut built in prehistoric times. At any rate, there is an earlier and smaller pylon of Ramesses II which sits in a 90 degree angle to the current building.

-The main building, which includes a great Hypostyle Hall (http://www.touregypt.net/hypostyle.htm), was uncovered by Mariette in the 1860s. There are numerous reliefs, including a depiction of the Feast of the Beautiful Meeting, the annual reunion between Horus and his wife Hathor. The reliefs are mostly situated on the inside of the first pylon, and spiritually connect this temple with Hathor’s Temple at the Dendera complex. During the third month of summer, the priests at the Dendera complex would place the statue of Hathor on her barque (a ceremonial barge) and would thus bring the statue to the Edfu Temple, where it was believed that Horus and Hathor shared a conjugal visit. Each night, the god and goddess would retire to the mamissi, or berthing house.
There is still an entrance colonnade to the mamissi, and reliefs with considerable remaining color just outside the main temple. These images portray the ritual of the birth of Harsomtus, son of Horus and Hathor.

-The pylons of the main Temple are about 118 feet high with typical scenes of the pharaoh in battle with his enemies. Within the pylons is the colonnaded courtyard with distinctive, pared columns, which leads into the great hypostyle hall. But on either side of the courtyard there are gates which lead to an area behind the temple and inside the bounding walls. Here, there are inscriptions recording donations of land which were probably transferred from demotic documents. There are also dramatic images depicting the defeat of Seth by Horus. There was an annual ritual called the known as the Triumph of Horus (10 harpoons) which ended in the slaying of a hippopotamus, the symbol of Seth. Mainly in Egypt Temples Wood Flag Masts are in Pylons Entrance. In this one has 4.

-The facade of the first hypostyle hall has images honoring Horus and Hathor, and there is an immaculate ten foot tall colossi of Horus as the falcon god here (a matching colossi is was destroyed). As you enter the great hall, you will begin to notice the use of light Even though the temple was build over hundreds of years, it is very harmonious, and ebbs and flow of lighting was certainly purposeful, portraying a feeling of mystery. Just inside the hall are two small rooms, a robing room on the west and a library to the east where the priest would obtain the religious orders of the day. Within this hall are scenes of offering including the temple foundation ceremonies.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 40m - Flag Masts. Old Conception. Today their does not exist anymore.
- roof: 35.96m - Pylons
- top floor:
- other heights: Height36 metersWidth79 metersLength36 meters
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin, Built

Construction Dates--
- started: 237 BC
- finished: 57 BC
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Temple, Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument, Museum
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Stones, Granit, Painting, Wood
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Photo Link: http://www.ask-aladdin.com/edfu.html
http://www.molon.de/galleries/Egypt/Edfu/

http://static1.bareka.com/photos/medium/27184/temple-edfu.jpg

http://www.travelegypt.com/edfutemplecollage.jpg
City Request Form

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City Name: Edfu
Native Name: Idfu
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Population: 2000
Population Source & Year: http://www.touregypt.net/edfuc.htm 2005
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Drawing of Old Ancient Appearance is made! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Of Kom Ombo

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Official sources: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/komombo.htm
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kom_Ombo
http://www.egyptianholiday.net/kom.htm
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/kom_ombo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Kom_Ombo

Building Name: Temple Of Kom Ombo
Native Name: (كوم أمبو)
Other Names: Embo Omboi
Address: East Bank Of Nile
City: Kom Ombo
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/komombo.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Ptolemy VI, XIII
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-The Temple known as Kom Ombo is actually two temples consisting of a Temple to Sobek and a Temple of Haroeris. In ancient times, sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on the river bank near here. The Temple has scant remains, due first to the changing Nile, then the Copts who once used it as a church, and finally by builders who used the stones for new buildings.

-Everything is duplicated along the main axis. There are two entrances, two courts, two colonades, two hypostyle halls and two sanctuaries. There were probably even two sets of priests. The left, or northern side is dedicated to Haroeris (sometimes called Harer, Horus the Elder) who was the falcon headed sky god and the right to Sobek (the corcodile headed god). The two gods are accompanied by their families. They include Haroeris' wife named Tesentnefert, meaning the good sister and his son, Panebtawy. Sobeck likewise is accompanied by his consort, Hathor and son, Khonsu.

-Foundations are all that are left of the original Pylon. Beyond the Pylon, there was once a staircase in the court that lead to a roof terrace. The court has a columned portico and central altar. There is a scene of the King leaving his palace escorted by standards. Near the sanctuary is a purification scene. On either side of the door to the pronaos are columns inscribed with icons of the lotus (south) and papyrus (north), symbolizing the 'two lands' of Egypt.
In the southwest corner of the pronaos is the one column that does not echo the duality of the temples. Here, there are scenes depicting purification of the King, his coronation and his consecration of the Temple. The ceiling has astronomical images.
The hypostyle hall has papyrus capitals on the columns. Here, there is an inventory of the scared places of Egypt, the gods of the main towns and the local and national festivals.
In the anti chamber, there are scenes depicting the goddess Seshat launching the building of the temple, followed by a scene of the completed temple with the king throwing natron in a purification ceremony. The staircase leading to the roof is all that remains of the offering hall.

-Statues to the gods and the builders of the temple once occupied the net room just before the sanctuaries. The ceiling of the pure place to the north still remains with an image of Nut. There is little left of the sanctuaries.


Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 15m
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: 180-145 BC
- finished: 30 BC
- destroyed:
Dating to the Ptolemies, is built on a high dune overlooking the Nile. The actual temple was started by Ptolemy VI Philometor in the early second century BC. Ptolemy XIII built the outer and inner hypostyle halls. The outer enclosure wall and part of the court were built by Augustus sometime after 30 BC, and are mostly gone. There are also tombs from the Old Kingdom in the vicinity of Kom-Ombo village.

Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Temple, Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument, Museum
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Sandstone, Granit
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Photo Link: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/egypt_kom_ombo.htm
http://www.egyptianholiday.net/kom.htm
http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Egypt/kom-ombo-temple-6903.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Kom Ombo
Native Name:
State/Province: Upper Nile - Nile about 50 km north of Aswan
Country: Egypt
Population: 274,500
Population Source & Year: http://www.galenfrysinger.com/egypt_kom_ombo.htm
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Drawing made! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Of Philae

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Official sources: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/philae.htm
http://www.egyptianholiday.net/philae.htm
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/philae1.htm

Building Name: Temple Of Philae
Native Name: Anas el Wagud
Other Names: Pilak or P'aaleq
Address: Aswan Dam Island
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/philae.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Ptolemy Philadelphus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_Philadelphus), Ptolemy Epiphanes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_Epiphanes), and Ptolemy Philometor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_Philometor) (282 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/282_BC)-145 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/145_BC))
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-Philae Temple was dismantled and reassembled (on Agilika Island about 550 meters from its original home on Philae Island) in the wake of the High Dam. The temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis (http://www.touregypt.net/isisphilae.htm), is in a beautiful setting which has been landscaped to match its original site. It's various shrines and sanctuaries, which include The Vestibule of Nectanebos I (http://www.touregypt.net/Nectanebosph.htm) which is used as the entrance to the island, the Temple of the Emperor Hadrian (http://www.touregypt.net/hadrianphilae.htm), a Temple of Hathor (http://www.touregypt.net/hathorphilae.htm), Trajan's Kiosk (Pharaohs Bed) (http://www.touregypt.net/pharaohsbed.htm), a birth house (http://www.touregypt.net/birthhouse.htm) and two pylons celebrate all the deities involved in the Isis (http://www.touregypt.net/isis.htm) and Osiris (http://www.touregypt.net/osiris.htm) myth. The Victorian world fell in love with the romance of the Temple. But at night you can also visit the Sound and Light Show, a magical experience as floodlit buildings are silhouetted against the volcanic rocks and water surrounding them. So today, Philae is more fun then every before.

-Although antiquities on the island date between the 26th Dynasty and the Roman Period, most of the work is from that of the Roman. This was a time of immense popularity of the Goddess Isis, and this was her island, where pilgrims would come from all over the Mediterranean.

-Construction on the island took place over an 800 year span, and it was one of the last strongholds of Ancient Egyptian Religion which continued to flourish here into the 6th Century. When the Temples where finally closed by Justinian in A.D 550, it ended 4,000 years of worship of the pagan gods.

-The Philae Temple complex, prior to its removal and restoration, set alongside Biga Island. To the ancient Egyptians, Biga was the sacred mound, the first ground created from Nun out of Chaos. This was the legendary burial place of Osiris. The earth was considered to be part of his body so that only priests and temple servants were permitted to live there.


Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 13.41m Pylons and Obelisc
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: 282 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/282_BC)-145 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/145_BC)
- finished: 30 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_BC)
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Temple, Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument, Museum
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Granit, Sandstones
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Photo Link: http://www.aeria.phil.uni-erlangen.de/photo_html/topographie/aegypten/philae/philae.html

http://www.molon.de/galleries/Egypt/Assuan/Philae/
http://www.kenseamedia.com/egyptian_gods/images/island_philae.jpg
http://users.atw.hu/egypte/images/philae.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Aswan
Native Name:
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Population:
Population Source & Year: http://www.aswanguide.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae
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Drawing into consideration!:tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Aswan Dam

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Official sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_High_Dam
Unofficial sources: http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/AncientNubia/PhotoIntro.html

Building Name: Aswan Dam
Native Name: Assuan
Other Names: Aswan High Dam (Arabic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language): السد العالي; transliterated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_transliteration): as-Sad al-'Aly), and the older Aswan Dam or Aswan Low Dam
Address: Upper Nile
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_High_Dam
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Sir William Willcocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willcocks) and involved several eminent engineers including Sir Benjamin Baker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker) and Sir glodstein McnabbJohn Aird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aird_%28engineer%29), whose firm, John Aird & Company, was the main contractor. 'Lotus Flower" tower by the sculptor Ernst Neizvestny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Neizvestny).
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-The British began construction of the first dam in 1899. Construction lasted until 1902. It was opened in December 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_10), 1902 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902). The project was designed by Sir William Willcocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willcocks) and involved several eminent engineers including Sir Benjamin Baker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Baker) and Sir glodstein McnabbJohn Aird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aird_%28engineer%29), whose firm, John Aird & Company, was the main contractor. A gravity dam, it was 1,900 m long and 54 m high. The initial design was soon found to be inadequate and the height of the dam was raised in two phases, 1907–1912 and 1929–1933.
(http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Century_Magazine/Volume_57/Issue_4/Harnessing_the_Nile)


-When the dam almost overflowed in 1946 it was decided that rather than raise the dam a third time, a second dam would be built 6 km upriver (about 4 miles). Proper planning began in 1952, just after the Egyptian Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revolution_of_1952) led by the Free Officers, of whom Nasser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser) was to become leader. At first the USA and Britain were to help finance construction with a loan of USD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD) $270 million in return for Nasser's leadership on resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict. However both nations cancelled the offer in July 1956 as part of the secret US-led 'OMEGA' policy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMEGA_Memorandum) to marginalize Nasser. A secret Egyptian arms agreement with Czechoslovakia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia) (Eastern Bloc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Bloc)) and Egyptian recognition of the People's Republic of China (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China) are cited as possible reasons.

The Soviet Union stepped in in 1958 and funded the dam project as part of the struggle for influence in Africa during the Cold War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War), and possibly a third of the cost of the dam was paid for as a long term investment in the region. The Soviets also provided technicians and heavy machinery. The enormous rock and clay dam was designed by the Russian Zuk Hydroproject Institute (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydroproject_Institute&action=edit).
[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aswan_dam.jpg"] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Aswan_dam.jpg)
Panoramic view of Aswan Dam


Construction began in 1960. The High Dam, as-Sad al-'Aali, was completed on July 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_21), 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970), with the first stage finished in 1964. The reservoir began filling in 1964 while the dam was still under construction and first reached capacity in 1976. The reservoir raised concerns from archaeologists and a rescue operation was begun in 1960 under UNESCO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO). Sites were to be surveyed and excavated and 24 major monuments were moved to safer locations (see Abu Simbel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel)) or granted to countries that helped with the works (such as the Debod temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Debod) in Madrid and the Temple of Dendur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Dendur) in New York).

-The Aswan High Dam is 3,600 m in length, 980 m wide at the base, 40 m wide at the crest and 111 m tall. It contains 43 million m³ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_E%2B7_m%C2%B3) of material. At maximum, 11,000 m³ of water can pass through the dam every second. There are further emergency spillways for an extra 5000 m³ per second and the Toshka Canal links the reservoir to the Toshka Depression. The reservoir, named Lake Nasser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nasser), is 550 km long and 35 km at its widest with a surface area of 5,250 km² and holds 111 km³.\


Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 111m
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: 1899
- finished: July 21 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_21), 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970)
- destroyed:

Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 2 High and Low Dams

Structure Type(s): Hydroelectric Dam
Building Use(s): Electricity, Mechanical
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Concrete, Mansonry, Steel
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[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Hotel Old Cataract - Sofitel

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Official sources: http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/fichehotel/gb/sof/1666/fiche_hotel.shtml
Unofficial sources: http://www.touregypt.net/magazine/mag08012000/magf2a.htm

Building Name: Hotel Old Cataract Sofitel
Native Name: Cataract Water Falls Hotel
Other Names: Aswan Sofitel
Address: Abtal El Tahrir Street
City: Aswan - Assuan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile East Bank
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/fichehotel/gb/sof/1666/fiche_hotel.shtml
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-For the construction of the Low Dam the hotel was constructed to the British gasts of construction in 1899 on a granite bluff overlooking the Nile, the Sofitel Old Cataract got its name from the spectacular effect of the river colliding with the land. The illustrious hotel with 123 rooms and 8 suites has always attracted a mix of famous figures: Winston Churchill, Agha Khan, King Farouk, Lady Diana and Agatha Christie, who wrote 'Death on the Nile' right here. The gourmet restaurant serves exquisite French and international cuisine in an elegant setting with access for disabled guests.

-Agatha Christie & Anthony Shaffer, "Death on the Nile", in 1978 wrote some of her famous Romances in this hotel, which her used room is up today not used and is like a museum for visitors.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 35m for Highrise & 17m for Lowrise
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started:
- finished: 1899
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 10 for Modern Highrise Block & 4 for old one
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count: 1
Unit count: 123 rooms

Structure Type(s): Highrise & Lowrise
Building Use(s): Hotel
Building Style(s): Victorian Old British, Islam & Modern
Building Materials: Brick, Glass, Concrete, Steel, Granit
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Photo Link: http://www.travelinstyle.com/aswan/Copyofindex.asp

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/jcvilchesp/egipto/22_6_4.jpg

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Off Abou Simbel

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Official sources: http://www.touregypt.net/abusimbel.htm
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/abusimbel.html
http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/upper/abusimbel.html
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel

Building Name: Temple Of Abu Simbel
Native Name: Abu Simbel (Arabic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language) أبو سنبل or أبو سمبل)
Other Names: Temple Of Ramesses & Nefertari
Address: East Bank of Nile Water Lake Nasser Dam
City: Abou Simbel
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile Water Reservatory Dam - Nubian Desert
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://touregypt.net/featurestories/abusimbel.htm
http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/upper/abusimbel.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Ramesess II
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

-Abu Simbel is a set of two temples near the border of Egypt with Sudan. It was constructed for the pharaoh Ramesses II who reigned for 67 years during the 13th century BC (19th Dynasty).

-The temples were cut from the rock and shifted to higher ground in the 1960s as the waters of Lake Nasser began to rise following completion of the Aswan High Dam.
The Great Temple is dedicated to Ramesses II and a statue of him is seated with three other gods within the innermost part of the rock-cut temple (the sanctuary). The temple's facade is dominated by four enormous seated statues of the Pharaoh (each over 20 metres or 67 feet high), although one has been damaged since ancient times.



-The Small Temple was probably completed ahead of the Great Temple and is dedicated to Ramesses' favourite wife, Nefertari. At the entrance stand six 10-metre-high (33 feet) rock-cut statues - two of Ramesses and one of Nefertari on either side of the doorway.

-The temples can be reached by road, air or boat. Arrival by boat is achieved by cruising from the Aswan High Dam on a 3-day journey. The author first made the boat trip on the "Eugenie" in January 1995 with the vessel stopping at various relocated temples along the way. In early 1998, the journey was repeated on the "Nubian Sea", but the number of tourists reaching Abu Simbel in this way remains relatively small. A hydrofoil service from the Aswan High Dam to Abu Simbel was re-introduced in 2000 (there was a service in the 1960s) with two return trips per day.
In early 2001, the author was surprised at the increased number of visitors at Abu Simbel at night and for sunrise. Once it was possible to watch sunrise with just a few others. However, it is still a very special time.
During a visit to Abu Simbel during February 2002 by means of the re-opened highway, buses were required to proceed in a convoy with arrival at the site a little after sunrise and about 2.5 hours spent at the temples before the return journey to Aswan. A security fence has been erected around the site and the cruise boats are now kept off to the sides of the temple site. A new visitors' centre has been opened behind the temples and vendors are now housed in a line of permanent shops leading to the centre.

-A very good Sound & Light show also has been introduced for those at Abu Simbel in the evening. This includes projections onto the two temples showing how they once would have looked. The program is presented in a number of languages with the provision of ear pieces.


Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 60m Artificial Rock
- roof: Monument 30.47m
- top floor:
- other heights: 25m Wall, 20.42m - 4 Statues

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Rebuilt

Construction Dates--
- started: 1264 BC, 1964
- finished: 1244 BC, 1968
- destroyed:


Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 2 Male & Female

Structure Type(s): Temple
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Granit, Sandstones
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Photo Links: http://www.longpassages.org/images/Egypt%20Abu%20Simbel%20with%20tourists%20in%20front.jpg
http://www.longpassages.org/images/Egypt%20Abu%20Simbel%20with%20tourists%20in%20front.jpg
http://www.travel-to-egypt.net/images/AbuSimbelTemple.jpg

http://www.norseaodyssey.com/Our_Travels/Africa/Egypt/Abu_Simbel/queens_front_facade_abu_simbel.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/egypt/abusimbel/nefertari/bothtemples.jpg

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/teams/art.gnome.org/backgrounds/OTHER-FrontalViewOfNefertariTemple_1024x768.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Abou Simbel
Native Name:
State/Province: Upper Nile
Country: Egypt
Population: :shrug:
Population Source & Year: :shrug:
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Drawing made! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Al-Rahman Mosque Aswan

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Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://www.freudenthal.biz/nil/Assuan/Moschee/mosque.html

Photo Link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Egypt.Aswan.Mosque.01.jpg/450px-Egypt.Aswan.Mosque.01.jpg

Building Name: Al-Rahman Mosque Aswan
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: Main Square
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile - East Bank
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: :shrug:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 80m estimate
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: :shrug:
- finished: :shrug:
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): Church, Mosque
Building Use(s): Religious
Building Style(s): Islamic
Building Materials: Concrete, Limestone, Ceramics
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Egypt.Aswan.Mosque.01.jpg/450px-Egypt.Aswan.Mosque.01.jpg

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Ortodox Church Aswan

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Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://www.egyptmyway.com/photo/holy_family4_2.html
http://journals.worldnomads.com/keera/gallery/532/10162.aspx
Building Name: Coptic Orthodox Church Aswan
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: East Nile River Bank
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile - East Bank
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: :shrug:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 40m estimate
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: :shrug:
- finished: :shrug:
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): Church
Building Use(s): Religious
Building Style(s): Coptic Orthodox
Building Materials: Concrete, Glass, Limestone, Ceramics
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[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Water Tower Aswan

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Official sources:
Unofficial sources: http://www.egyptmyway.com/photo/holy_family4_2.html

Building Name: Water Tower Aswan
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: East Nile River Bank
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile - East Bank
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: :shrug:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 40m estimate
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: :shrug:
- finished: :shrug:
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): Water Tower
Building Use(s): Water Tower
Building Style(s): Modern
Building Materials: Concrete, Brick
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[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Mausoleum Aswan
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Official sources: http://lexicorient.com/egypt/aswan08.htm
Unofficial sources: http://www.pbase.com/andronikkie/image/38758838

Building Name: Aga Khan Masoleum Aswan
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: West Nile River Bank
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile - West Bank - At Front Elephantine Island
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://lexicorient.com/egypt/aswan08.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Mohammed Shah Aga Khan
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

This is the Mausoleum of the spiritual leader of the Ismailis, a Shi'ite sect (as were the Fatimid) based principally in India but with followers around the world. It is a very elegant pink granite structure of late 1950 origin, which also resembles the Fatimid tombs in Cairo. Members of this sect consider themselves to be the direct spiritual descendants of the Fatimid. The Mausoleum has an excellent view, including Aga Khan's white villa below, and is near the Monastery of St. Simeons on the west bank at Aswan. His Begun, or wife, still lives in the villa three months of the year.
The Aga Khan was extremely wealthy. On his birthday in 1945, he was weighed in diamonds which he then distributed to his followers. It should be noted, also, that he was a large man. Every day that his widow was at the Villa, she places a Red Rose on his white Carrara marble tomb. His widow, Omme Habibeh, popularly referred to as "The Begum" died on July 1st, 2000. The other months, a gardener fills this function, and it has been rumored that at one point, not a single rose could be found in Egypt, so for almost a week, roses were flown in from Paris by private jet.
Mohammed Shah Aga Khan was educated in Europe and succeeded his father in 1885 to become the 48th imam. He was succeeded by his grandson, Karim AGa Khan upon his death in 1957.


Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 20m estimate
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started: 1957
- finished: 1957
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors: 1
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Masoleum, lowrise
Building Use(s): Cript
Building Style(s): Islamic
Building Materials: Mansonry, Rosa Granit
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Drawing into Consideration :tup:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/992/50129447.JPG

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple

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Official sources: http://touregypt.net/bahari.htm http://lexicorient.com/egypt/luxor42.htm
http://www.bediz.com/hatshep/temple.html
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Bahri

Building Name: Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple
Native Name: Djeser-Djeseru - Arabic دير البحري
Other Names: Deir el-Bahri Temple - "The Northern Monastery (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery)" "the Holy of Holies".
Address: Deir el-Bahri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Bahri)
City: Luxor
Postal Code:
State/Province: Thebes Down Nile West Bank Mountains
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/upper/luxorwest/temples/hatshepsut.html
http://www.ask-aladdin.com/hatshepsut.html
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/bahri.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Senemut
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

In the fashion of the pharaohs, the masterpiece of Hatshepsut's building projects was her mortuary temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_temple) complex at Deir el-Bahri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Bahri). It was designed and implemented by Senemut at a site on the West Bank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes%2C_Egypt) of the Nile River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_River) near the entrance to what is now called the Valley of the Kings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Kings) because of all the pharaohs who later chose to associate their complexes with the grandur of hers. Her buildings were the first grand ones planned for that location. The focal point was the Djeser-Djeseru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djeser-Djeseru) or "the Sublime of Sublimes", a colonnaded (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonnade) structure of perfect harmony nearly one thousand years before the Parthenon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon) was built. Djeser-Djeseru sits atop a series of terraces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace) that once were graced with lush gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden). Djeser-Djeseru is built into a cliff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff) face that rises sharply above it. Djeser-Djeseru and the other buildings of Hatshepsut's Deir el-Bahri complex are considered to be among the great buildings of the ancient world.

The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Mentuhotep) of Mentuhotep II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentuhotep_II) of the Eleventh dynasty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_dynasty_of_Egypt).
During the Eighteenth dynasty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_dynasty_of_Egypt), Amenhotep I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep_I) and Hatshepsut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut) also built extensively at the site.

On November 17, 1997, sixty-two people, tourists visiting the site, were massacred (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1997_Luxor_massacre) by Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Gama%27a_al-Islamiyya) at this temple complex.

While Hatshepsut used Menuhotep’s temple as a model, the two structures are significantly different. Hatshepsut employed a lengthy colonnaded terrace that deviated from the centralized massing of Menuhotep’s model – an anomaly that may be caused by the decentralized location of her burial chamber.

There are three layered terraces reaching 97 feet in height. Each ‘story’ is articulated by a double colonnade of square piers, with the exception of the northwest corner of the central terrace, which employs Proto-Doric columns to house the chapel.
These terraces are connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens. The layering of Hatshepsut’s temple corresponds with the classical Theban form, employing Pylon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylon), courts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts), hypostyle hall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostyle_hall), sun court, chapel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel), and sanctuary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary).

The relief sculpture within Hatshepsut’s temple recites the tale of the divine birth of a pharaoh. The text and pictorial cycle also tell of an expedition to the Land of Punt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Punt), an exotic country on the Red Sea coast.
While the statues and ornamentation have since been stolen or destroyed, the temple once was home to two statues of Osiris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris), a sphinx avenue, as well as many sculptures of the pharaoh in different attitudes – standing, sitting, or kneeling.

Hatshepsut’s temple is considered the closest Egyptians came to the Classical Architecture. It marks a turning point in the architecture of Ancient Egypt, which forsook the megalithic geometry of the Old Kingdom for a temple which allowed for active worship, requiring the presence of participants to create its majesty. The linear axiality of Hatshepsut’s temple is mirrored in the later New Kingdom temples.

The temple was completely excavated in 1896 by Auguste Mariette, the founder of the National Museum. But there are still parts under restoration.

They were restored in 1906 to protect the celebrated reliefs depicting the transport of obelisks by barge to Karnak and the miraculous birth of Queen Hatshepsut.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 32m - 97 feet tall
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_dynasty_of_Egypt 2120 BC
- finished: 2050 BC
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 2
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:

Structure Type(s): Temple, Tomb
Building Use(s): Mortuary Religious
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Sandstones
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Photo Links: http://wikitravel.org/upload/en/thumb/8/89/Deir_el_Bahari.jpg/400px-Deir_el_Bahari.jpg
http://images.google.de/images?q=temple+of+hatshepsut+&svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&start=20&sa=N&ndsp=20
http://wikitravel.org/upload/en/thumb/8/89/Deir_el_Bahari.jpg/400px-Deir_el_Bahari.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Deir el-Bahri
Native Name: دير البحري
State/Province: Thebes Down Nile West Bank
Country: Egypt
Population: :shrug:
Population Source & Year: :shrug:
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Drawing into consideration! :tup:

[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Colossi Of Memnon

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Official sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossi_of_Memnon
Unofficial sources: http://www.akhet.co.uk/memnon.htm

Building Name: Colossi Of Memnon
Native Name: el-Colossat, or es-Salamat
Other Names: Deir el-Bahri Statues
Address: Deir el-Bahri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Bahri)
City: Luxor
Postal Code:
State/Province: Thebes Down Nile West Bank Mountains
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://touregypt.net/collmem.htm
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: Amenhotep III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep_III) - 14th century BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century_BC)
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's memorial temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Amenhotep_III) (or mortuary temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_temple)): a massive cult centre built during the pharaoh's lifetime, where he was worshipped as a god-on-earth both before and after his departure from this world. In its day, this temple complex was the largest and most opulent in Egypt. Covering a total of 35 ha, even later rivals such as Ramesses II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II)'s Ramesseum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesseum) or Ramesses III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_III)'s Medinet Habu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medinet_Habu) were unable to match it in area; even the Temple of Karnak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Karnak), as it stood in Amenhotep's time, was smaller.
With the exception of the Colossi, however, very little remains today of Amenhotep's temple. Standing on the edge of the Nile floodplain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain), successive annual inundations gnawed away at the foundations – a famous 1840s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1840s) lithograph by David Roberts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Roberts_%28painter%29) shows the Colossi surrounded by water – and it was not unknown for later rulers to dismantle, purloin, and reuse portions of their predecessors' monuments.
The Greek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece) historian and geographer Strabo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabo), writing in the early years of the 1st century (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century), tells of an earthquake (in 27 BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_BC)) that shattered the northern colossus, collapsing it from the waist up.



Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 23m - ~75 feet tall
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin

Construction Dates--
- started: 14th century BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century_BC)
- finished: 2050 BC
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 0
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 2

Structure Type(s): Statue
Building Use(s): Monument
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Sandstones
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Photo Links: http://www.egyptianholiday.net/memnon.JPG
http://www.euratlas.com/Atlas/egypt_nile/luxor_memnon_colossus.jpg

http://www.egyptianholiday.net/memnon.JPG
http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/88/82/22618288.jpg

City Request Form

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City Name: Deir el-Bahri
Native Name: دير البحري
State/Province: Thebes Down Nile West Bank
Country: Egypt
Population: :shrug:
Population Source & Year: :shrug:
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[M.K.]

Building Request Form - Temple Of Kalabsha

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Official sources: http://www.touregypt.net/Map14.htm
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kalabsha
http://www.ask-aladdin.com/nubia/temple_of_kalabsha.htm

Building Name: Temple Of Kalabsha
Native Name:
Other Names:
Address: Aswan Dam Nasser Lake Island
City: Aswan
Postal Code:
State/Province: Upper Nile - Nubia Desert
Country: Egypt
Official Building Website URL: http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/egypt/photos/aswan/kalabsha-01.html
http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/upper/aswan/kalabsha.html
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect:
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):

Kalabsha Temple originally built at Kalabsha (Talmis) was moved to its present location at New Kalabsha (Chellal) in 1970, together with other monuments from Nubia, including the Kiosk of Qertassi (Kertassi) (http://www.touregypt.net/qertassi.htm). Also nearby is Beit al-Wali (http://touregypt.net/featurestories/elwali.htm). Reachable by taxi or by boat, depending on the water level, the sandstone edifice was built by the Roman Emperor Octavius Augustus (http://www.touregypt.net/33dyn01.htm)(30 to 14 BC) and dedicated to the fertility and Nubian Solar deity known as Mandulis (Merwel who was the Nubian counterpart of Horus (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/horus.htm)).
It was the largest free-standing temple of Egyptian Nubia and the design of Kalabsha Temple is classical for the Ptolemaic period with pylons, courtyard, hypostyle hall and three room sanctuary. However, the Pylon is offset, which creates a trapezoid in the courtyard beyond. It was built on the site of an earlier structure built by Ptolemy IX as evidenced by a chapel. There is also a small chapel and gate on Elephantine Island (http://www.touregypt.net/elephantine.htm) from Kalabsha, and a gate built by Augustus was given to the Agyptisches Museum in West Berlin.
The courtyard just inside the pylon once had columns on three sides. At either end is a staircase that leads to the upper stories of the pylon and a good view of Lake Nassar. On the right screened wall separating the courtyard from the hypostyle hall is an inscription from Aurelius Besarion (about 249 AD), the governor of Ombos and Elephantine, decreeing the expulsion of swine from the town for religious purposes. On a column here is the text of King Kharamadoye and is one of the longest Meroitic inscriptions found to date. On an end wall is thought to be an inscription of the 5th century Nubian King, Silko, who conquered the fierce Nubian Blemmyes. Other seances on the on the screen walls include the King with Horus and Thoth (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/thoth.htm). On the rear of the vestibule are scenes depicting a Ptolemaic king making offerings to Isis (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/isis.htm) and Mandulis (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/mandulis.htm). Also, Amenhotep II (http://touregypt.net/featurestories/amenhotep2.htm), who founded the original temple (1450 to 1425 BC) upon which this one is built, is making offers of wine to Min and Mandulis.

After the vestibule are three chambers, the pronaos (a chamber preceding the sanctuary, the naos, or sanctuary where statues of gods were located, and the adyton (http://www.touregypt.net/adyton.htm), which is the innermost or secrete shrine). Various seances within these chambers show the King surrounded by the goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt, Amun (http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/amun-re.htm)-Min (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/min.htm) and Ptah (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/ptah.htm) while receiving holy water from Thoth and Horus. In the naos and adyton (http://www.touregypt.net/adyton.htm), the king is making offerings to Osiris (http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/osiris.htm), Isis and Mandulis.

There is also a small chapel which can be reached from stairs in the first chamber which then descend from the roof into the chapel set inside the wall. As you leave the temple, be sure to note the rear wall with images of Mandulis with his vulture feathered cloak.

Heights--

PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire:
- roof: 12m
- top floor:
- other heights:

Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Ruin, Rebuilt

Construction Dates--
- started: 14 BC
- finished: 249 AD, 1970
- destroyed:

Above ground floors: 1
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Temple Church
Building Use(s): Religious, Monument
Building Style(s): Ancient Egypt
Building Materials: Mansonry, Sandstones
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Photo Links: http://www.phouka.com/pharaoh/egypt/photos/aswan/pt/kalabsha03.jpg
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/962/50524242.JPG

Drawing into Consideration! :tup:

[Vladneyro]

OMG - SHOOT ME IN THE HEAD NOW!

ok.. ok.. get a grip...

[Vladneyro]

1) Temple of Karnak.
I won't enter the info about heights - no space....
There is no such status as "ruin" - since it was not completely destroyed i put "built".
Next time PLEASE check with the template for available options.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69157

[Vladneyro]

2) Temple of Luxor
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69158

[Vladneyro]

3a) Esna - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=4341
3b) Temple Of Esna - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69159
** "painting" is not even a Material in any sense....

[Vladneyro]

4a) City of Edfu - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=4342
4b) Temple of Horus - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69160

[Vladneyro]

5a) Kom Ombo - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=4343
5b) Temple Of Kom Ombo - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69161

[Vladneyro]

6) Temple Of Philae in Aswan - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69162

[Vladneyro]

7) Aswan Dam - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69163
I watched the History Channel on this YESTERDAY - LOL
And I swear they kept saying it finished (somewhere in summer) in 1964!
Any info on that?

[Vladneyro]

8) Hotel Old Cataract Sofitel - http://skyscraperpage.com/edit/building/name/?69164
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""- roof: 35m for Highrise & 17m for Lowrise""
""Above ground floors: 10 for Modern Highrise Block & 4 for old one""

For the last time:

I) if the buildings are sufficiently connected - enter only the highest data - height, floors etc. not both

II) if the buildings are totally separate - each building must be entered separately

[Vladneyro]

9a) Abou Simbel - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=4344
9b) Temple Of Abu Simbel - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69165

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There is only one official site
Don't repeat sources all over the place - choose one most official for "official building site" - other official sources put under like this

""Official Sources:
www.blah1
www.blah2""

""Unofficial Sources:
www.blah3
www.blah4""

Don't repeat them.

Put Photo Links in the same manner.

Official Sources
Unofficial Sources
Photo Links

Don't put pictures in this thread. Photo links are enough

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Names:
Main building name - most accepted name in English
Native name - just put one, most accepted name - like this:
""Native Name: أبو سنبل ""
Don't put things like (Polish: BlahBlah, Transliteration: BlahBlah)
All other names put in "Other Names" separated by commas

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if the building is in new city - put the city request Before the building request. Check first if it's in there.
If the city is in the database - don't put city info there.
If you want to update existing city info like population - use official city/country database - government info - otherwise leave it the way it is.
If the city doesn't have any population info - you can put information from wiki.

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Address.
""follow a winding path until you see a round stone somewhat to the west of Some City and turn a little left"" - is not an address.

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For Status, Building Use, Building Style, Building Materials, Structure Type ets - use only Available options in the form.

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If you have information from emporis.com
don't put it under "Unofficial Source"
put it where it belongs in "Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:"

Same for structure.de

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make descriptions shorter

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don't use colors or bold in Request Form - it's very distracting.

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if there is no info don't use stuff like :shrug: - it's distracting.

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Don't use hyperlinks (www.hyperlink.com) - there is no way to enter them anywhere and it's distracting.

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"Unit Count" - Is number of rooms/offices/apartments/halls altogether in the building. If the place has no rooms - like a DAM - don't put "1", don't put anything at all.
If a temple has only one big hall/room inside - then put "units: 1". If you don't know how many rooms/halls are there inside - don't put anything

[Vladneyro]

10) Al-Rahman Mosque Aswan - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69166

[Vladneyro]

11) Coptic Orthodox Church of Aswan - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69167

[Vladneyro]

12) Aswanwatertoren - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69168

[Vladneyro]

13) Aga Khan Masoleum of Aswan - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69169

14) Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69170
^^ if it's in "City: Luxor" then
no need
""City Request Form City Name: Deir el-Bahri""?
It's not an offcial city - it's a site.

15) Colossi Of Memnon - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69171
^^ - started: 14th century BC - finished: 2050 BC <- impossible.

16) Temple Of Kalabsha - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=69172