The Elephantine Island is located in a strategic place in front of the first cataract of the Nile, which allowed to control the trade routes of the south of the country. It is 1350 m long and 780 m wide.Read More

Aswan is the city of charm and beauty, and this is due to the beauty of the Nile and the kindness of its people. All those lucky enough to see this amazing city had the opportunity to visit a Nubian village, interact with the villagers, and enjoy the view of the Nile from the village. Read More

The Temple of Horus, the god of life, located in the center of the city of Edfu, is by far considered the most impressive of all the temples on the banks of the Nile along the route from Luxor to Aswan. Read More

Aswan is a city in Upper Egypt, below the first cataract. Due to its location below the northernmost cataract on the Nile, Aswan marked Egypt's traditional southern border with rival Nubia. With 280,00 inhabitants, Aswan is the southwesternmost major city in Egypt. Read More

Opened in 1997, the Nubian Museum is excellent if the belated contribution to the history and culture of ancient Nubia and its people in Egyptian history. This culture, no less ancient than that of Pharaonic Egypt, occupied the banks of the Nile for millennia in the area defined today as southern Egypt or northern Sudan. Read More

The Aswan High Dam is 3,600 meters long and 111 meters high. It is a most important project and President Gamal Abdel Nasser was responsible for pushing its construction.Read More

The Temple of Kom Ombo is built during the reign of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, to honor the deities of Sobek with the crocodile head, god of fertility, and creator of the world, and the ancient Horus with the head of a falcon.Read More

The Unfinished Obelisk is the largest of all the obelisks in Egypt in the ancient world and one of the riches of the region. It is a granite mass that is almost 41 meters high and weighs approximately 1168 tons.Read More

Under the reign of Ramses ll, the temples were established in the 19th dynasty. The larger temple is called Glory Ramses and the smaller one is Hathor, dedicated to the goddesses Hathor and Nefertari, the wife of Ramses ll. Read More

The temple of Philae is one of the most beautiful and best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt. This Nile island near Aswan is located on the island of Angelika near Aswan. Read More