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  Temple of Abu Simbel Aswan

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  399 reviews 23 travel blogs 16 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Jan 19, 2013 Worth the plane trip this site is as amazing as the pyramids, we bought the photos of inside the temple and they are good ...
  • Apr 9, 2006 ... High Dam stemmed the Nile and flooded ancient Nubia, the temple of Abu Simbel was sliced into 1041 pieces and painstakingly ...
  • Oct 15, 2008 ... got a share of the pharaonic experience, going to the temple of Abu Simbel after a grueling 4 hour ride in a cramped ...
  • Oct 14, 2005 ... was a 3AM!! To proceed as part of a convoy to the remote temple of Abu Simbel. This has 4 huge statues of Ramses II at the ...

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  1of 8 Historic sites in Aswan
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  Abu Simbel Aswan

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  399 reviews 315 travel blogs 768 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

  Reviews & Experiences:

  • Feb 6, 2011 ... this temple was relocated after the new dam was built, like Abu Simbel. I’m glad we went, it was well preserved with ...
  • Dec 17, 2007 ... light show at Philae, we had to be up VERY early next morning, Abu Simbel was beckoning. Photos marked ** by Reijo ...
  • Mar 3, 2009 ... about three hours each way but it was well worth the effort. At Abu Simbel itself was the Great Temple of Ramses II and ...
  • Apr 27, 2008 ... and Nubia began.  Today, the Nile city is a gateway to Abu Simbel, the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, and Philae, the Isis ...

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  Nubian Village Aswan

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  101 reviews 143 travel blogs 273 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Oct 6, 2003 ... day I headed over to Elephantine Island to check out the Nubian Village and huge grey boulders. There was also the ...
  • Dec 17, 2007 ... to give them a wide berth.    We visited the Nubian village school, where we gave the children some pens, next ...
  • Mar 3, 2009 ... over Aswan. After the sun had gone down we visited a traditional Nubian village on the west bank of the Nile. We were ...
  • Jul 18, 2008 ... took a boat ride on the Nile River.  We stopped at a Nubian village.  Here we were able to visit an actual Nubian ...

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  Mausoleum of Aga Khan Aswan

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  21 reviews 2 travel blogs 6 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Jan 10, 2012 ... motor.  We saw the Nubian ruins of Abu, the Mausoleum of Aga Khan, the manicured botanical gardens of Kitchener ...
  • Oct 21, 2006 ... ;the Necropolis on Tabet el-Haua hill, the desert, the Mausoleum of Aga Khan and cartouches on large boulders along the Nile ...

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  Temple of Philae Aswan

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  326 reviews 68 travel blogs 156 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Jan 18, 2013 The island is amazing and so is the views on the boat ride over and back. we visited during the day and found the site clean ...
  • Oct 6, 2003 ... before heading to the Temple of Philae. The Temple of Philae just south of Aswan also had to be moved to save it from ...
  • Mar 13, 2005 ... if not large, then we were ferried out to the temple of Philae, isolated on an island, on local riverboats. This complex ...
  • Dec 13, 2000 ... dead yet. always a good sign. Today we visited the Temple of Philae which was fantastic, but with taxis and boats etc we ...

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  Philae Island Aswan

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  53 reviews 22 travel blogs 65 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Jun 16, 2011 ... the temple and ruins here were originally on Philae Island until the dam at Aswan was built, then the flood waters nearly ...
  • Feb 16, 2008 ... , costs 8E and is a complete waste of time Then we go to Philae Island, to see the Temple of Isis, costs 40E and is ...
  • Nov 26, 2010 ... the Aswan souk, we set out to visit the Temple of Isis on Philae Island. The only way to get to the temple is by boat and ...
  • Sep 8, 2007 ... beautiful island.  The temple was originally located on Philae island which was slowly being completely flooded by the ...

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  6of 8 Historic sites in Aswan
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  Unfinished Obelisk Aswan

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  127 reviews 106 travel blogs 91 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Jan 18, 2013 I found the site interesting but so hot, I was there in winter and i felt like i would melt into the quarry; the view wasn't ...
  • Oct 6, 2003 ... biggest artificial lake. After the lake we headed to the Unfinished Obelisk that lies in an ancient quarry. The Obelisk ...
  • Dec 17, 2007 ... to become a very tiring day. we first of all visited the unfinished obelisk, now looking at this, many will say, It's only ...
  • Mar 3, 2009 ... the other side of the cemetery was the site of the Unfinished Obelisk in the Northern Quarries. Somehow we managed to walk ...

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  Monastery of St. Simeon Aswan

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  26 reviews 10 travel blogs 4 photos

  Distance: 113 miles from city center

  Category: Historic sites

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  • Feb 8, 2010 ... was the Temple of Khnum, Aga Khan mausoleum, Aswan Museum and the Monastery of St. Simeon.  The local guide pointed out ...
  • Apr 17, 2008 ... with sticks.  After about an hour, we got to the Monastery of St. Simeon and everyone was tired. We had just gone down ...
  • Jul 4, 2006 ... , Kitchener's Island, Aga Khan's Mausoleum and the MOnastery of St Simeon. Feluccas are sailing boats that have been ...
  • Jan 12, 2009 ... on a seated camel and then rising up!) to the Monastery of St. Simeon.  Built in the sixth century, this fortress-like ...