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Images in this gallery relate to Aswan in southern Egypt covering the city, the River Nile and related sites except for more important places such as Philae, The Nubian Museum and Seheil Island Rock carvings.
Aswan Nilometer EG052719jhp Aswan River Nile boulders cartouches Psamtik Neferibre Egyptian Nubia Elephantine as seen from the river trips to hotels, Elephantine Island, the Nilometer and Museum, Kitchener Botanical Gardens and trips in feluccas to the Nubian Villages or Cataracts and the western bank with Aga Khan Mausoleum or camel rides into the desert to visit St Simeon monastery. Along the promenade are restaurants, berths of cruiseboats, ferry landing areas and to the south the Municipal Gardens, the Coptic Cathedral and the old and new Cataract Hotels, the former of course made famous in the film Death on the Nile. The cartouches on this huge granite boulders near the Nilometer are of Psamtik 11 record his military expeditions into Nubia in 592BC and graffiti from some of his mercanary soldiers has been found on the Abu Simbel Statues. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Aswan, City, River, Nile, waterfront, riverside, promenade, esplanade, berths, restaurants, ferry, felucca, feluccas, sailing, boats, motorboat, landscape, rocks, boulders, granite, carvings, Nilometer, cartouches, Elephantine, island, museum, temples, ancient, predynastic, strategic, cartouches, Psamtik, Psammetichus, Neferibre, Nubia, military, foray
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Aswan in general
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Aswan Nilometer EG052719jhp
Upload Date: 2005-04-28 08:47:11
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Aswan River Nile boulders cartouches Psamtik Neferibre Egyptian Nubia Elephantine

as seen from the river trips to hotels, Elephantine Island, the Nilometer and Museum, Kitchener Botanical Gardens and trips in feluccas to the Nubian Villages or Cataracts and the western bank with Aga Khan Mausoleum or camel rides into the desert to visit St Simeon monastery. Along the promenade are restaurants, berths of cruiseboats, ferry landing areas and to the south the Municipal Gardens, the Coptic Cathedral and the old and new Cataract Hotels, the former of course made famous in the film Death on the Nile. The cartouches on this huge granite boulders near the Nilometer are of Psamtik 11 record his military expeditions into Nubia in 592BC and graffiti from some of his mercanary soldiers has been found on the Abu Simbel Statues.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Aswan, City, River, Nile, waterfront, riverside, promenade, esplanade, berths, restaurants, ferry, felucca, feluccas, sailing, boats, motorboat, landscape, rocks, boulders, granite, carvings, Nilometer, cartouches, Elephantine, island, museum, temples, ancient, predynastic, strategic, cartouches, Psamtik, Psammetichus, Neferibre, Nubia, military, foray