Aswan - Monastery of St Simeon DeirAmba Samaan (DeirAmba Hadra)

 
The ruined Monastery of St Simeon, situated on a hill in the desert on the west bank of the Nile, can be reached from the river bank on a footpath running up a desert valley opposite the south end of Elephantine; the climb takes 20 minutes. One of the largest and best preserved Coptic monasteries, it was founded in the seventh C. and abandoned in the 13th because of water shortage.

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The buildings, standing on a rock shelf on two levels, are surrounded by a wall 20-23ft/6-7m high, the lower part of which is constructed of undressed stone, the upper part of sun dried bricks; on the west side the lower part is hewn from the rock.

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