Qasr Ibrim

Qasr Ibrim Qasr Ibrim Palace is located in Nubia approx.. two hundred and forty Kilometers from Aswan, sixty Kilometers North East of Abu Simbel and only fifty Kilometers from Sudan. At the start of the Sixteenth Century it was brought down by Selim I, a garrison of the Bosniaks. The Mamluks who were defeated in the Nineteenth Century decided to move there, and remained until Ibrahim Pasha removed them. Inside Ibrim Palace there are remains of a Church that have been converted into a Mosque. In Ancient times Abrim was located on the Eastern Bank in front of Anula or Miam, the capitol of Wawat which means the Egyptian Nubia. It is a Modern name which was depicted from an old Meroitic name , which in Bdimi written in the Ancient Coptic language Brims, then Frim and was finally translated in the Arabic language as Ibrim. By the mid Seventies Qasr Ibrim became an Island in the middle of the Nile after the High Dam had been constructed, and Qasr Ibrim is the only monument that was not relocated to another place. This location dates back to the Pharaonic Era, however it was also used by the Romans and was actually inhabited until the mid Nineteenth Century. At one time it stood on a high cliff which overlooked the Nile, however the rising waters turned it into a Rocky Island in the middle of Lake Nasser , and is the only Monument around the Lake to have remained in it’s original location. At one time Qasr Ibrim used to stand as a protector over a flourishing City, but the Lake submerged most of the ruins. Throughout the Middle Ages the area rose to importance so much that the most distinctive ruins that are visible on the Island are the actual remains of a great Cathedral which once stood here. The area was inhabited until the mid nineteenth Century when it fell into disrepair. In the present day the Island remains closed to Visitors the reason being that it remains an important archeological Site. The ruins of the City were the biggest origin of Old Nubian Documents that were ever discovered before the Lake rose to cover it, and escavations continue on in the Cathedral and the other building on the Island. However the Cruise Ships moor next to the Island which allows the Visitors to be able to view the ruins without having to go ashore.