Egypt
| Sudan 2016 | Ethiopia
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| Soleb Kerma Old Dongola El Kurru Jebel Barkal Nuri Meroe Musawwarat Naqa Khartoum |
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| Our Faithful Toyota Hilux SUV |
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| First Night's "Nubian House" |
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Soleb Temple
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| Across the Nile |
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Third Cataract
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| Petroglyphs |
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Kerma
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| Western Defuffa |
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| Atop the Western Defuffa |
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| Granite Statues of Nubian Kings (7th-7th c BC) Note the distinctive "Nubian caps" |
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| Eastern Defuffa |
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Tombos
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| Overnight at Tombos |
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Old Dongola
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| 44 miles North of Old Dongola |
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| 44 miles North of Old Dongola |
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| 37 miles North of Old Dongola It's damned dry, away from the Nile. |
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| Nubian Village, 7 miles North of Old Dongola |
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| Nile at Old Dongola |
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| Pillars from old Cathedral ? |
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| Former "Throne House", now a Mosque |
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El Kurru
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| Remains of Royal Tomb (7th c BC) |
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| Tomb of King Tanwetamani |
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| Tomb of King Tanwetamani |
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| Petrified forest |
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| Petrified forest |
Jebel Barkal
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| The Nubian Rest House, Karima |
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| Jebel Barkal from the Nubian Rest House |
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| Jebel Barkal |
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| Jebel Barkal |
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| Jebel Barkal Note distinctive "Cobra" spire |
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| Hameed, my kindly guide. |
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| Ruined Temple of Amun |
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| Temple of Mut |
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| Temple of Mut: Hathor capitals |
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| Temple of Mut |
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| Temple of Mut |
Jebel Barkal Pyramids
Jebel Barkal Royal Necopolis from 3rd-1st c B).
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Nuri
Nuri Royal Necropolis from 7th - 5th c BC.
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Meroe
Meroe Pyramids: Royal burial sites from 8th c BC to 4th c AD.
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| Newly built demo pyramid |
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| Fragments of the Royal City |
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Musawwarat es Sufra
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| Temple of Apedemak A Nubian lion headed god |
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| Apedemak |
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| Great Enclosure |
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| Great Enclosure |
Naqa
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| Naqa: Roman Kiosk |
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| Naqa: Temple of Apedemak |
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| Apedamak |
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| Triple-Headed Apedamak |
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| Apedamak and his Egyptian buddies |
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| Temple of Amun |
Khartoum
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| Blue Nile at Khartoum |
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| The Confluence of the Nile! |
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| The giant egg is the Corinthia Hotel |
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| Al Kabir Mosque |
Republican Palace Museum
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| Republican Palace Museum In old Anglican Church |
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| Bust of Kitchener |
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| Portrait of Kitchener |
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| Gordon Chapel sign. |
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| The other side of History |
National Museum
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| Granite Ram statue of Amun-ra |
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| Protection for preserved Temple |
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| Sudan National Museum |
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| King Taharga (~670 BC) |
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| King Taharga (~670 BC) |
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| King Atlanersa (~650 BC) |
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| Sphinx of King Senkamanisken (7th c BC) |
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| Ram-headed Amun, of Jabal Barkal |
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| Bronze head of Augustus (copy) |
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| Murals from Faras Cathedral |
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Omdurman
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| Mahdi's Tomb |
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| Khalifa's House |
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| Gardener (?) five barelled machine guns |
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| Mahdist jibba, with distinctive patches |
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Egypt
| Ethiopia
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