The Sudanese Ashkit and the Egyptian Goustol land ports (crossings) is located 20 kilometers north of the city of Wadi Halfa, with a total area of about 180 thousand square meters, after additional expansions and it was opened in 2014.
The Hajar al-Shams river port in Goustol, east of Lake Al-Sad, or what is called Lake Nasser, on the Egyptian side. It represents 83% of the total area of the lake and Lake Nubia on the Sudanese side, and it was formed as a result of the water collected behind After its construction (which lasted from 1958 to 1970), the High Dam was named Lake Nasser after the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
There are only two ferries operating between Abu Simbel and Goustol, one belonging to the army and the other to the Abu Simbel City Council and operated by the Egyptian authorities to transport Egyptian and Sudanese buses and trucks from Goustol to Abu Simbel and vice versa. The load of the ferries at the Abu Simbel anchorages varies; The ferries accommodate about 8 buses each time, over a period of about an hour and a half. They operate regular trips from 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. after which travel stops, and they cover a distance of 17 kilometers. The peak of this crowding reaches Thursday and Friday because the crossing is closed on Friday.
The length of the lake is about 600 km, and in some locations it is about 550 km. The average width of the lake is 12 km. The maximum width of the lake is 35 km, which is near the Tropic of Cancer. The total storage capacity is 162 billion cubic meters, its depth is 180 meters (590 feet). The dead storage capacity is 32. One billion cubic meters “the amount of water that cannot be transported through the openings of the High Dam, as this quantity is below the level of the openings of the dam’s body.”
Abu Simbel is a city and archaeological site located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is one of the “Nubian Monuments” sites included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, and most of its inhabitants are Nubians.
The city is famous for its historical temples such as the Great Temple and the Small Temple.
The rescue of the Abu Simbel temples began in 1964, and this operation cost $40 million. Between 1964-1968, it was dismantled and reinstalled in a new location at an altitude of 65 m and 200 m above the river level on the southern bank of the lake.
Historically, construction of the temple complex began around 1264 BC and continued for about 20 years until 1244 BC. It was known as the “Temple of Ramses Beloved by Amun.”
The temple was built with great precision so that the sun's rays enter the temple two days a year, on February 22 and October 22.
Four gods sit in the great temple: Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty, Ptah, and Ramesses II as a deity. To the north of it we find the small temple, which is dedicated to the goddess Hathor and the great royal wife of Ramesses II, Queen Nefertari.
The transfer was completed thanks to international efforts led by UNESCO, and the temple was accepted into the list of World Heritage Sites in 1979.
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