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Temple of Abu Simbel Aswan

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  • 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 minibus& ...
  • Oct 14, 2005: ... !! To proceed as part of a convoy to the remote temple of Abu Simbel. This has 4 huge statues of Ramses II at the entrance, ...
  • Oct 30, 2009: ... around to the front to see its splendor.  The Great Temple of Abu Simbel was built by the pharaoh Ramses II.  The ...

Abu Simbel Aswan

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  • Dec 17, 2007: ... light show at Philae, we had to be up VERY early next morning, Abu Simbel was beckoning. Photos marked ** by Reijo Sirpoma
  • 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 ...
  • Mar 15, 2008: ... we have an early morning again (leaving 3am) to go to Abu Simbel then we start cruising back down the Nile to Luxor.  ...
  • Oct 9, 2007: ... rock!  We saw one of the relocated temples called Abu Simbel the next day after an early morning departure via ...

Aswan Market

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  • Mar 15, 2008: ... off.  The first place we stopped in the market was selling imitation Egyptian cotton and when I picked it, ...
  • Feb 8, 2006: ... couple of blocks to the east which contains the souq (market). Arriving early in the morning we had to get supplies ...
  • Mar 14, 1998: ... , to be the designated horn honker !!!!! Now Aswan, is a delightful little market town, and it does not matter where you stay ...
  • Sep 20, 2004: ... Gods and the stories behind them. JoAnn loves walking in the market at night(when it's cooler) and that's when all of ...

Nubian Village Aswan

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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 Nilometer ...
  • Dec 17, 2007: ... give them a wide berth.    We visited the Nubian village school, where we gave the children some pens, next time ...
  • 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 ...
  • Jun 25, 2008: ... .  Today was High Dam, Phillae Temple, and (optional) Nubian village.  I was not going to do the Nubian village ...

Mausoleum of Aga Khan Aswan

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  • 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 ...

Temple of Philae Aswan

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  • Oct 6, 2003: ... heading to the Temple of Philae. The Temple of Philae just south of Aswan also had to be moved to save it from flooding in ...
  • 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 is ...
  • 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 had ...
  • Jul 29, 2008: ... down the middle. After the Obelisk we went to see the Temple of Philae, which is a really nice and not too big temple. This ...

Kitchner's Island Aswan

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  • Feb 3, 2006: ... finally pull away from the shore. Our next destination was Kitchner's Island, a small oasis in the middle of the Nile ...

Nile Exploration Corp. Aswan

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Elephantine Island Aswan

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  • Oct 6, 2003: ... and it was discarded. The next day I headed over to Elephantine Island to check out the Nubian Village and huge grey ...
  • Dec 17, 2007: ... what was once the lower part of the first cataract at Elephantine Island, it is the sheer volume of water, passing between ...
  • Oct 9, 2007: ... afternoon and evening touring the Nile on a motor boat around Elephantine Island.  We had dinner with a local Nubian ...
  • Feb 10, 2006: ... you're amongst the tombs and have a great view of Aswan, Elephantine island and the Nile valley stretching off to the south. ...

High Dam Aswan

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  • Oct 6, 2003: ... temple again with excellent carvings. After this we visited the High Dam 17km south of Aswan. The dam is 3.6km wide and ...
  • Dec 17, 2007: ... that memory.    Onwards to the Aswan High Dam, Nassers legacy to Egypt, it is an immense structure, in keeping ...
  • Apr 27, 2008: ... engineers could not match in this case. The immense Aswan High Dam that flooded many historical sites and much of Nubia ...
  • Oct 9, 2007: ... by the Nile and in the 1960s the Aswan high dam was constructed here creating Lake Nasser (coincidentally the name of ...

Philae Island Aswan

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  • Nov 9, 2008: ... structure on the new island. Making it more problematic, Philae Island was only above the surface for six months at a time. ...
  • Oct 30, 2009: ... to Isis, who found the heart of her slain brother Osiris on Philae Island (now submerged in Lake Nasser).  Most of the ...
  • 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 great, ...
  • Sep 8, 2007: ... beautiful island.  The temple was originally located on Philae island which was slowly being completely flooded by the ...

Nubian Museum Aswan

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  • Apr 27, 2008: ... area, liked to mention how they really weren't Egyptian: the Nubian Museum showed that, the light-hearted spirit in the air ...
  • Jun 25, 2008: ... going to do the Nubian village and instead go to the Nubian Museum, but Anne, a French journalist that I befriended on the ...
  • Jan 30, 2005: ... until we escaped into a passing taxi and headed for the Nubian Museum, a visit which saved the day!   The Nubian ...
  • Jan 7, 2006: ... Floating Restaurant Jan 9th Sites: Abu Simbel and the Nubian Museum. (The Nubian Museum is new and very modern. It was a ...

Unfinished Obelisk Aswan

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  • Oct 6, 2003: ... biggest artificial lake. After the lake we headed to the Unfinished Obelisk that lies in an ancient quarry. The Obelisk is ...
  • 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 a ...
  • Feb 8, 2006: ... out! After all that we eventually got to the Unfinished Obelisk - a 42 metre long beast of a pyramidal obelisk ( ...
  • Oct 27, 2008: ... ;          The Unfinished Obelisk        25 ...

Sharia el Souk Aswan

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Aswan Botanical Garden

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  • Nov 11, 2008: ... mattress deck.   Kitchner Island was a let down, a botanical garden that was rather underwhelming, and we didn't have ...
  • Nov 27, 2005: ... Interesting. Our last day in Aswan, we hired a felucca to take us to a botanical garden island. We spent almost five ...
  • Jul 19, 2009: ... to Kitchener's Island  where there its all basically a botanical garden. We wander along  looking at familiar and ...
  • Nov 21, 2005: ... in the middle of the Nile, the first being a small botanical garden island called Kitcheners Island and then we went to ...

Monastery of St. Simeon Aswan

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  • Apr 16, 2008: ... with sticks.  After about an hour, we got to the Monastery of St. Simeon and everyone was tired. We had just gone down a ...
  • Jul 3, 2006: ... , Kitchener's Island, Aga Khan's Mausoleum and the MOnastery of St Simeon. Feluccas are sailing boats that have been used ...
  • Oct 21, 2008: ... it was backsboard the camels for the trip to to see the monastery of St Simeon. Iain had to make a brief pitstop as he had ...
  • Jan 3, 2007: ... west bank, from where we 'trekked' (30mins) to the monastery of St. Simeon, an impressive, fortress-like ruin in the desert. ...