Aswan is the largest city in southern Egypt and the third-largest city in all of Egypt. It has more than 200,000 people living there. It is the starting point for a trip to Abu Simbel, which is one of Egypt's most famous temples, and it is also a very interesting place on its own. Aswan, like many other Egyptian towns,…
Egypt is famous for its long and varied history, as well as its rich cultural heritage. All of these things are well-deserved. One of Egypt's more recent and rarely talked about achievements is the Aswan High Dam, a mechanical miracle that provides a lot of the country's drinking water and electricity.
Several artifacts found on Elephantine Island near Aswan show that people have lived there since before the dynastic era. This has been the place to go for as long as people have needed a safe place with limited access. Even the southernmost part of the island was mostly guarded.
The Aswan Botanical Garden has plants and birds from all over the world, from India to the Far East to Africa. The Aswan Botanical Garden is a beautiful and unusual place to get away from the city. When you walk through this garden full of real Egyptian artifacts, you'll feel like you're in a dream. Lord Horatio Kitchener had rare…
Passing through the Egyptian city of Aswan on the way up the Nile, travelers will see the tomb where Aga Khan III, one of the most respected spiritual leaders in Islam, was laid to rest at his own request.
St. Simeon's Monastery may be on Elephantine Island in the Nile. It is named after the patron saint of the city of Aswan. The fact that archeologists haven't paid much attention to the ruins of the monastery is a big reason why it's not on most Egypt tours. If you want to go see it, you can find it here.…
Today I'm going to tell you about the Nubia Museum, which is in Nubia and is one of the most important museums in the country. The artifacts on display at the Nubian Museum in Aswan tell the story of the area's history over the last thousand years. The museum gives a complete overview of the civilization that grew up around…
Even after Christianity had spread all over the known world, people who followed the religion of Isis still went on pilgrimages to the island of Philae. People thought that Isis would watch over Biga, one of the places where Osiris was said to have died, from Philae.
At a granite quarry south of Aswan, a huge New Kingdom obelisk was left unfinished. If it had been finished, it would have stood 134 feet tall and weighed 1,197 kg (1.8 million pounds). Before a fault was found, three sides of the shaft had to be dug out. The obelisk was only partially separated from the rock it was…