Take a leisurely cruise on Lake Nasser in Egypt. The journey transports one back to Pharaonic times and provides a show of modern engineering excellence in the vast Nubian Desert. When Lake Nasser was created in the 1960s, many nearby temples had to be saved from floods. The view of the Ramses statues, now on higher ground at Abu Simbel, astonishes visitors. The Nubian kingdom once extended from Aswan in the north, along the Nile and up to Khartoum in the south. When the Aswan High Dam was built some 40 years ago, many Nubians had to leave their land and move to Aswan or Kom Ombo. The lake is named after former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Visit to the huge monuments at Kalabsha Temple, Amada, Wadi el-Sebua and Qasr Ibrim - temples from the Pharaonic period. View Details