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ASWAN:
Site of the Cataract, is a town with its past stretching back in
history and lost in the darkness of time. Now with the
completion of the high Dam, Aswan continues to be
highlights and adds one more tailpiece to its destiny of town
already rich events. From it's very beginning. It was the gateway
to the south and the natural route along which trade passed
from the heart of Africa Egypt. Thanks to its dry
superb climate and unique situation, Aswan has justly acquired
an international reputation for those who love calm and repose, no
better place can be found.
ASWAN
HIGH DAM, QUARRIES & PHILAE TEMPLE:
Admire
the craftsmanship of the ancient stone-hewers of the city of Syene (original
name of Aswan). The quarries show remarkable traces of the
industry and skill of the masons who wrought for the
pharaohs.
See the unfinished obelisk and the old Dam, which
is the start of one of the greatest achievements of 20th
century. dedicated to Isis and Osiris has now been reconstructed
on the island of Aglikia.
This was saved from the rising waters of the Nile by combined
forces of UNESCO.
ISLAND,
MAUSOLEUM OF AGHA KHAN:
visit Elephantine island sail across the Nile fringed with black
lava-rock, one of these rocks has the unmistakable shape of an
elephant; continue to the Nilometer and museum, containing
a great number of antiquities-most were found in the vicinity
of Nubia.
Walk around beautiful gardens of Botanic Island with tropical
trees and flowers, used as an experimental place for
acclimatizing
foreign species of plants. Also visit the beautiful Mausoleum
of Agha Khan.
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