A lateen-rigged sailboat called a felucca plies the Nile River in fading light near Aswan, Egypt.

Aswan was an important city in ancient times, linking the pharaonic centers in Egypt's north with the empire's southern territories.

Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Into an Antique Land," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine

在埃及的阿斯旺附近，一艘装有三角帆的小帆船在昏暗的光线下来往于尼罗河上。阿斯旺在古时是一座重要的城镇，是将位于埃及北部的法老中心与帝国南部的领土连接起来的枢纽。