Category: Aswan Travel Guide

The monastery of Saint Simeon is situated on the western side of the Nile, south of Qubbet al-Hawa. It is one of the largest and

The famous granite quarries lie in the hills to the south of Aswan, just off the main road. They were the main source of granite

Situated between Aswan and Edfu, Kom Ombo is the ancient city of Pa-Sebek, ‘the Domain of Sobek’, the crocodile god worshipped since Predynastic times, and

Egypt’s sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town located about 81 miles south of Luxor, has a distinctively African atmosphere. Its ancient Egyptian name was

The island of Philae, famous for centuries for its rich heritage of temples, now lies submerged beneath the waters of Lake Nasser to the south

The site of ancient Djeba (Coptic Etbo, Arabic Edfu) was the traditional location of the mythological battle between the gods Horus and Seth; and its

The mausoleum of the Aga Khan, forty-eighth Imam (or leader) of the Ismaili sect of Islam, is another landmark of Aswan. It is not an

An extensive artificial reservoir was created in Lower Nubia, when the first Aswan dam was constructed (and heightened in three phases) between 1902 and 1933,

The Nubian Museum lies southeast of the Cataract Hotel on a rocky slope overlooking part of the ancient quarries. The need to build a special