Aswan, Egypt

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Aswan is a wonderful and relaxing place with a distinctively African atmosphere, small enough to walk around and graced with the most spectacular setting on the Nile. The river is wide and stunningly beautiful here, flowing through amber desert and granite rocks covered in palm grove and tropical plants. For a city rich in amazing sights and attractions, where the list of things to do never seems to end, it’s on every traveler’s itinerary.

Abu Simbel

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Abu Simbel

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Based on the western bank of Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel is home to two massive rock temples built by Ramesses II. The temples boast four colossal statues carved out of the living rock, fastened to the cl...
 

 
Fatimid Cemetery

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Fatimid Cemetery

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Based to the South of Aswan's public garden, Fatimid Cemetery is the most important group of Islamic tombs in Egypt. Also called as The Islamic Necropolis of Aswan, it comprises of a number of domed a...
 

 
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Kalabsha Temple

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Originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha, the Kalabsha Temple is an Ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to Nubian god. Also called as Temple of Mandulis, it was later moved to its current location to the i...
 

 
Kubbet el-Hawa

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Kubbet el-Hawa

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Based on the Nile's West Bank atop one of the highest hills is the Kubbet el-Hawa or the Dome of the winds. It is the small dome shrine of local sheikh and a holy man which gave the hill its local nam...
 

 
Mausoleum of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan

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Mausoleum of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan

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Based along the Nile of Egypt, Mausoleum of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan is the mausoleum of Aga Khan III. Built in red granite in the late 1950s, it was the final re...
 

 
Monastery of St Simeon

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Monastery of St Simeon

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Based near the Aga Khan Mausoleum, Monastery of St Simeon was originally dedicated to the 4th century local saint, Anba Handra. You can enjoy a camel ride to re...
 

 
Nubian Villages and Aswan Museum

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Nubian Villages and Aswan Museum

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Based between the ruins of Abu and the Movenpick are two colorful Nubian Villages, Siou and Koti. Home to ancient inhabitants of Aswan, these villages offer a w...
 

 
Philae Temple

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Philae Temple

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Built by the ancient Egyptians in 1906 for the Goddess Isis, Philae Temple is one of the beautiful and magnificent temples built on the Philae Island. Being the main temple of the island, it boasts hu...
 

 
Seheyl Island

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Seheyl Island

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Based just north of the old Aswan Dam, Seheyl Island is home to the Nubian villages. Explore the inscriptions on the stones on the mountain of crumbling rock. Visit the villages and learn about the be...
 

 
The High Dam

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The High Dam

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Based in middle of the Egyptian dessert, the High Dam is one of the largest embankment dams in the world. Built in 1960s, it contains more than 18 times more material as compared to the Great Pyramid ...
 

 
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Tomb of Harkhuf

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Dedicated to the Overseer of Foreign Troops, Harkhuf, the tomb of Harkhuf is popular for Harkhuf’s biographical text. He lived in the era of Merenre and his son Pepi II, kings of the 6th dynasty...
 

 
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Tomb of Hekaib

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Also called as the tomb of Pepynakht, the tomb of Hekayib is dedicated to another Overseer of Foreign Troopsduring the reign of Pepy II of Dynasty VI. The tomb features colorful a columned faça...
 

 

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