On a large island opposite are the remains of a similar fortress and on another small island to the south are the ruins of a Coptic church called Darbe (M. 983)
Semna and Kumma. B.C. 2320? B.C. 1600? B.C. 2300.Forty-three miles south of Halfa are the fortress temples of Semna and Kumma, built by Usertsen III. Rebuilt and extended by Thothmes III of the Eighteenth Dynasty. In good preservation. Amenemhat III also marked the rise of the Nile here (B.N. 489, 490; B.E. iii, 46, 48, etc., iv, 94, vi, 187, and vide [p. 222]).
Amara. B.C. 1000?At Amara are important ruins of a temple with sculptured columns (L.; B.N. 491).
At Selima Oasis, 55 miles west of Sagiet El Abd, are remains of old convents, built out of still older remains, on which there are unknown inscriptions. (Vide [p. 203.])
Sai. B.C. 1660-1600?At Sai Island, 130 miles from Halfa, are remains of a town and Coptic church, and of cemeteries, also of a temple with inscriptions of Thothmes III and Amenhotep I (Eighteenth Dynasty).
Sedinga. B.C. 1800.At Sedinga, 6 miles further, are the ruins of a fine temple by Amenhotep III, a column and a cemetery (B.E. iv, 111).
J. Dush. B.C. 1620?Six miles to the south is Jebel Dush, with a tomb contemporary with Thothmes III (B.N. 402).
Solib. B.C. 1500.A mile further on is Solib, with the well-preserved remains of a magnificent temple by Amenophis III (L.; B.N. 492; B.E. iv, 59, etc.; Hoskins, etc.). Many treasures removed to Jebel Barkal.
Sesebi. B.C. 1370 or 1275?Sesebi, opposite Dalgo, contains a ruined temple by Seti I, father of Rameses the Great. (L.; B.E. v, 9.)
In the district between Dalgo and Koya are several ancient workings for gold and copper, which account for the presence of rich temples near.