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Aswan is the ancient city of Swenett, later known as Syene, which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south. Swenett is supposed to have derived its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. [ 10 ] This goddess later was identified as Eileithyia by the Greeks and Lucina by the Romans during their occupation of ...
Elephantine, or what ancient Egyptians called Yebu or Abu is located at the uppermost part of the Nile river that is a part of Aswan. [ 6 ] Elephantine had the first nome of the northern part of Egypt. [ 4 ] Elephantine is 1,600 metres from north to south and 450 metres across at its widest point. [ 7 ] The layout of this and other nearby islands in Aswan can be seen from west bank hillsides ...
Philae temple complex Greek: Φιλαί; Arabic: فيلة; Coptic: ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ The temple of Isis from Philae at its current location on Agilkia Island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam Shown within Egypt Location Aswan, Aswan Governorate, Egypt Region Nubia Coordinates 24°1′15″N32°53′22″E / 24.02083°N 32.88944°E Type Sanctuary History Builder Taharqa or Psamtik II ...
Unfinished obelisk. Coordinates: 24.076889°N 32.895450°E. The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk [citation needed] and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. It was studied in detail by Reginald Engelbach in 1922.
Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel (Arabic: أبو سمبل), Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan. It is located on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km (140 mi) southwest of Aswan (about 300 km (190 mi) by road). The twin temples were originally ...
Map of ancient Egypt, ... Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. ... granite from Aswan, and basalt and sandstone from the wadis of the Eastern ...
Qubbet el-Hawa or "Dome of the Wind" is a site on the western bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, that serves as the resting place of ancient nobles and priests from the Old and Middle Kingdoms of ancient Egypt. [1] The necropolis in use from the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt until the Roman Period.
The Temple of Kalabsha (also Temple of Mandulis) is an ancient Egyptian temple that was originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha (Gate of Kalabsha), approximately 50 km south of Aswan.