Things to see in Aswan
Aswan is a city in Egypt, with an urban population of about 313 thousand. Below are 16 notable places within about 5 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Elephantine Nature
Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".
2Kitchener's Island Nature
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer.
3Sehel Island History
Sehel Island is located in the Nile, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Aswan in southern Egypt.
4unfinished obelisk History
The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt.
5Famine Stela History
The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser (reigned ca. 2686–2648 BC) of the Third Dynasty.
6Qubbet el-Hawa History
Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt.
7International Museum of Nubia Museum
The Nubian Museum (officially the International Museum of Nubia) is an archaeological museum in Aswan, Upper Egypt. It was built in 23 November 1997 following the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.
8Wadi el-Hudi History
Wadi el-Hudi is a mining region that includes a large wadi and a mountain named Gebel el-Hudi in the Egyptian Eastern Desert, Southeast of Aswan.
9Aswan Museum Museum
Aswan Museum is a museum in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of Aswan, Egypt. It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth.
10Gebel Tingar Nature
Gabal Tingar is a small mountain in Egypt, used as a granodiorite quarry in ancient times. The site is located on the west bank of the River Nile, west of Elephantine, near Aswan.
11El-Tabia Mosque Place of worship
El-Tabia Mosque is a mosque located in Aswan, in the Aswan Governorate, in southern Egypt. Completed in 1974 and surrounded by scenic gardens, the mosque is located amidst a park on a hill in the center of Aswan.
12Temple of Satet Place of worship
The Temple of Satet or Satis was an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to the goddess Satet, a personification of the Nile inundation. The temple was located on the Nile Valley island of Elephantine, Egypt.
13Mausoleum of Aga Khan History
The Mausoleum of Aga Khan is the mausoleum of Aga Khan III (Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, who died in 1957). The mausoleum is located at Aswan along the Nile of Egypt, since Egypt was formerly the centre of power of the Fatimids, an Ismaili Shia dynasty.
14Pyramid of Elephantine History
The pyramid of Elephantine is part of a group of seven very similar small step pyramids, along with the pyramids at Edfu South, el-Kula, Naqada, Zawyet el-Maiyitin, Seila, and Sinki.
15Tomb of Sarenput II History
The Tomb of Sarenput II, also identified as QH31, is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut tomb in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, on the west bank of the Nile near Aswan, Egypt.
16Saluga and Ghazal islands Nature
Salouga and Ghazal Protected Area is one of the smallest protectorates in Egypt. It contains two main islands named Salouga and Ghazal managed by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Authority (EEAA) The name Salouga means waterfall in the ancient Nubian language.
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