Aswan and Lake Nasser
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1. Al-Dakka
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe Ptolemaic and Roman Temple of al-Dakka has been moved from its original site to a new one not far from Wadi al-Sebua. Dakka was originally...Read More
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2. Al-Derr
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe Temple of al-Derr was moved near the site of Amada in 1964. It is a rock-cut temple built by Ramses II and dedicated to himself, Amun-Ra...Read More
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3. Amada
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe main part of the Temple of Amada, dedicated to Amun-Ra and Ra-Harakhte, was constructed in the 18th Dynasty. Various 19th-Dynasty pharaohs...Read More
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4. Aswan High Dam
DamGamel Abdel Nasser's vision of a modern Egypt rose and fell on the construction of the dam, which began in 1960. It took Soviet financing, plus...Read More
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5. Aswan Souk
Downtown | Market/BazaarYou won't find fresh elephant tusks here these days, as in the past, but this is still a lively, colorful marketplace filled with Nubian music...Read More
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6. Daraw Camel Market
Market/BazaarKnown for its Sunday camel market, Daraw is otherwise a hot, dusty, and flyblown place. The camels come up from Sudan along the 40 Days Road...Read More
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7. Elephantine Island
Elephantine Island | Museum/GallerySources attribute the name Elephantine Island to three possibilities: the elephant cult symbol of a predynastic Egyptian tribe; the ancient...Read More
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8. Kitchener's Island
Kitchener's Island | Garden/ArboretumAlso known as the Island of Plants, Kitchener's Island is named after Lord Horatio Kitchener, famed for his campaigns in the Sudan at the start...Read More
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9. Mausoleum of the Aga Khan
Aswan West Bank | CemeteryThe Fatimid-style Tomb of Sultan Muhammed Aga Khan III (d. 1957), leader of the Shi‘a Isma‘ili (Shi‘ite) sect, stands sentry over Aswan on a...Read More
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10. New Kalabsha
Archaeological Site/RuinsThe temples from the sites of Kalabsha and Beit al-Wali were moved to the island of New Kalabsha near Aswan. This rocky island, redolent of...Read More
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11. Nubia Museum
Aswan South | Museum/GalleryThis is the triumphant capstone of the effort to preserve Nubian culture and folk heritage in the wake of the building of the Aswan High Dam...Read More
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12. Philae
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe oldest physical evidence, from blocks found on-site, of the worship of Isis dates back to the reign of the 25th-Dynasty Ethiopian pharaoh...Read More
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13. Qasr Ibrim
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis is a large site on what is now an island. Not too many years ago the area was attached to the mainland by a spit of land. Because of the...Read More
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14. Saint Simeon's Monastery
Aswan West Bank | Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis brooding mass dates from approximately the 7th century AD, and it is one of the largest and best-preserved Coptic monasteries in Egypt...Read More
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15. Seheyl Island
Archaeological Site/RuinsAlso called Sehel Island, this is one of many islets (some of which are game preserves) in the cataract, or rapids, where the Nile narrows in...Read More
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16. Temple of Haroeris and Sobek
Religious Building/Site/ShrineBuilt between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD, the temple stands on a bend in the Nile. It is especially romantic to behold the temple...Read More
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17. Temples of Ramses II and Nefertari
Religious Building/Site/ShrineAbu Simbel began as a small village of a few houses clustered at some distance from the temples of Abu Simbel. Now it is a lush oasis with hotels...Read More
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18. The Fisherman's Port
Marina/Pier/DockJust before you get to the High Dam, on the way out from Aswan, turn left down the road to the water to get to this ramshackle port, with its...Read More
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19. The Old Dam
DamThe British built the first Aswan Dam between 1898 and 1902 using blocks of local granite. The structure stands more than 130 feet tall, some...Read More
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20. Tombs of the Nobles and Gubgubet al-Hawa (Tomb of the Wind)
Aswan West Bank | Memorial/Monument/TombThe West Bank is the final resting place of the Keepers of the Southern Gate, the adventuresome ancient Egyptian noblemen of Elephantine who...Read More
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