Situation:
Philae is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including Strabo.Philae proper, although the smaller island, is, from the numerous and picturesque ruins formerly there, the more interesting of the two. Prior to the inundation, it was not more than 1250 English feet, or rather less than a quarter of a mile, long, and about 400 feet [...]
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Things to do in Aswan
Aswan is the smallest of the three major tourist cities based on the Nile. Being the furthest south of the three, it has a large population of Nubian people, mostly resettled from their homeland in the area flooded by Lake Nasser. Aswan is the home of many granite quarries from which most of the Obelisks [...]
Aswan
The Governorate Flag:
- The flag’s background is blue representing the water in Nasser Lake. The logo is in golden yellow consists of gear representing industry and inside the gear there are high electric towers representing the electric generators in the high dam, in the middle of the logo there is the Aswan tank.
The name and [...]
Aswan
located in the south of Egypt, some 680 km (425 miles) south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake [...]