[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Ruins of a Byzantine [{Image src='1330eg.jpg' width='900' height='675' popup='false' alt='Ruins of a Byzantine' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Ruins of a Byzantine'}] \\ Ruins of a Byzantine church at Kasr Ibrim in Lake Nasser. Kasr Ibrim originally was a major city perched on a cliff above the Nile River but the flooding of Lake Nasser transformed it into an island. Kasr Ibrim was the site of military fortifications from the times of the pharaohs.