Aswan

Aswan is awonderful city famous by the Nile Side and Nile Felucca trip
Aswan - Temple of Isis
Located on the island of Philae, two great pylons lead into the temple proper. They are carved with the traditional scenes of the Ptolemaic kings, attacking the enemy of the first Pylon, on the second pylon making offerings to Isis, Horus and Hathor. The walls of the pronaos are likewise covered with scenes of the Ptolemaic kings and Roman emperors in pharonic guise, performing the customary ceremonies. Later when this became a church, early christians added their crosses to the stones.

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Aswan - Kiosk of Trajan
On the south side of the Philae island stands this handsome but unfinished building, with 14 great columns bearing beautifully carved floral capitals. Reliefs show Trajan offering incense and wine to Isis, Orisis and Horus. the elegance of the kiosk has made it the characteristic symbol of Philae.

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Aswan - Unfinished Obelisk
The favored pink granite found in ancient monuments throughout Egypt and even beyond came from Aswan, much of it from the quarry where you can still see an unfinished obelisk rooted to the bedrock. The work was undertaken during the New Kingdom, and had it been completed, it would have been the largest piece of stone handled in history. Work stopped after a flaw was discoverd in the stone.
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Aswan - Elephantine Island
In ancient times the area on the east bank of the Nile, where Aswan now stands, was known as Syene and was famous for the nearby quarries of pink granite. yet it was always secondary to the main commercial and administrative settlement of Yebu, at the southern end of the Elephantine Island. yebu was egyptian for elephant; while Elephantine was the later Greek name, reflecting its important ivory trade.

Aswan - Aswan Museum
The displays here are all local finds, including jewellery, bronze mirrors, slate palettes for cosmetics and the statues of Yebu's governers. there is also a mummified ram with a sarcophagus, and a golden bust of Khnum, for the island was home to this ram headed God.

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Aswan - High Dam
Though not an archeological site, this dam is a modern wonder of Egypt on the Nile. As the population continued to grow, the old dam could no longer meet Egypt's need for more cultivable land and increases demands of electricity. With Soviet collaboration, work began on the high dam in the mid-1960s and was completed in 1971. Seventeen times as much material went into its construction as was used to build the great pyramid of Cheops, and enough metal to build 17 Eiffel towers. A huge artificial lake, Lake Nasser, reaches back 550 km to Sudan.

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Entrance Fees (Regular/Student)
Aswan
High Dam- LE 15
Philae Temple- LE 40/20
Unfinished obelisk- LE 25/15
Sohil Island- LE 20/10
Elephantine Island- LE 25/15
Botanical Island- LE 10
Aswan Museum- LE 25/15

LE 25/15

Edfu
LE 40/20

Esna
LE 15/10