Explore the historic
Aswan
Born more than 5000 years ago, Aswan has been the market of African products:
spices, leathers, ivory, fruits and grains, baskets, mummified and living
crocodiles…. It is the sunniest winter resort in Egypt, the Nile flowing through
amber desert and granite islands covered with palm trees and tropical plants
Emlephantine island
and the ancient Nilometer measuring the floods
Botanical island, a small
forest of tropical plants and birds
High dam, one of the world's largest
dams (2100000 kw) and its lake, the second in the world, spreads to Sudan (500
km. Long)
Philae temple, built 2378 years ago, was transferred in 1972 to
Aegilika Island which level is higher than that of the artificial lake… This
temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis
Lake cruise
it goes up to Abu Simbel (280 km to the south of Aswan) allowing the passengers
to visit a series of temples built by the Pharaohs of the New Kingdom (Kalabsha,
Wadel Seboua, Amada, Abu Simbel)
The colored and spicy souks of Aswan
The Nubian museum, housing the finest collection of Nubian arts and
monuments.
Salvage of the Nubian temples
The lower Nubia is the part of
the Nile valley lying between the first and second cataract, its ancient name
was Kush. Since the period of the Middle Kingdom, Kush was dominated by Egypt
and assimilated gradually the Egyptian influence, pharaohs of successive
dynasties extended the building of their temples to Kush, today Kush is
completely submerged under the waters of the High Dam lake.
In 1960, the
UNESCO started a campaign to save the so-called Nubian temples, this successful
campaign ended in 1972