Home to a large hotel and several Nubian villages the southern end of Elephantine Island is where the remains of ancient Abu and the little Aswan Museum, located in a colonial-style resthouse, can be ...
Sat on Kitchener’s Island in the middle of the Nile at Aswan the gardens can be reached by felucca or ferry from the town itself. Kitchener developed the gardens in the 1920s indulging his passion for...
Located behind the Nubian Museum the Fatimid Cemetary is worth visiting to enjoy the peace and serenity of its domed, mud-brick tombs. Dating from as early as the 9th century (but with many modern add...
A visit here to Aswan should encompass a visit to the Nubian Museum where the exhibits and displays chart the history or the Nubian people from prehistoric times to the modern day. With a history stre...
Sehel island is home to both friendly Nubian families and some famous rock inscriptions which date back to the Pharaoh Djoser (2667-2648 BCE). The inscriptions can be found at the southern end of the ...
Abandoned since Salahadin attacked in 1173 the 6th century St Simeon’s Monastery appears more like a fort than a place of theological study. Most people visit on camels to explore the still well-prese...
Aswan has two dams, the old Aswan Dam at the First Cataract built at the beginning of the 20th Century, and the new High Dam which lies some 6km upstream. A massive construction project an oft trotted...
Picked out at night by the glow of floodlights the Tombs of the Nobles are cut into rocks overlooking the west bank of Aswan. Dating from the Old and Middle Kingdoms the tombs were intended as the fin...
Aswan was famous for its granite with huge amounts being used in Pharaonic times to decorate and embellish monuments. The quarries a few kilometres south of Aswan contain the Unfinished Obelisk which ...
