Aswan, Egypt
13 hand-picked places in Aswan, Egypt: 10 landmarks, 2 museums and 1 park. Each has an editor's guide to what it is, when to go and what to know before you visit, with licensed photos. Pick what suits you, or let the AI planner build a plan for your own dates, with restaurants, opening hours and live prices.
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Philae TemplePhilae, called Anas al-Wujud by people in Aswan, is a group of temples to the goddess Isis that once stood on Philae Island by the First Cataract.
The Low DamThe Aswan Low Dam, or Old Aswan Dam, was the first great dam on the Nile, built by the British across the First Cataract between 1899 and 1902. On completion it was the largest masonry dam in the world, about 2.
Unfinished ObeliskIn the ancient northern quarries of Aswan, about a kilometre east of the Nile, lies the largest known obelisk of ancient Egypt, still in the bedrock. Finished, it would have stood about 41.Elephantine Island: Nubian Villages & Aswan MuseumElephantine is the largest island in the Nile at Aswan, about 1. 5 km long.
Nubian MuseumThe Nubian Museum, officially the International Museum of Nubia, opened in Aswan on 23 November 1997 as an outcome of the UNESCO-led campaign to save Nubia's monuments before the High Dam flooded the valley.
