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3 day(s)
Regular
1-20 people
easy
visiting Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk and the High Dam around Aswan. and Abu Simbel Temples. 3 Days Trip to Aswan. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract. Aswan includes five monuments within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (despite Aswan being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae).
Duration
3 day(s)
Max Group Size
1-20 people
Tour Code
3038
Departure Type
guaranteed
Tour Category
City Sightseeing
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
Age Requirement
1 - 99
Aswan
Aswan
Aswan is the ancient city of Swenett, later famous as Syene. Which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south. Swenett got its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. This goddess later was famous as Eileithyia for the Greeks and Lucina by the Romans during their occupation of Ancient Egypt because of the similar association of their goddesses with childbirth. And of which the import is “the opener”.
Aswan is the ancient city of Swenett, later famous as Syene. Which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south. Swenett got its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. This goddess later was famous as Eileithyia for the Greeks and Lucina by the Romans during their occupation of Ancient Egypt because of the similar association of their goddesses with childbirth. And of which the import is “the opener”.
Aswan is the ancient city of Swenett, later famous as Syene. Which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south. Swenett got its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. This goddess later was famous as Eileithyia for the Greeks and Lucina by the Romans during their occupation of Ancient Egypt because of the similar association of their goddesses with childbirth. And of which the import is “the opener”.