Elephantine Island
Ancient Abu at the First Cataract — temples of Khnum and Satet, a nilometer, Nubian villages and five thousand years of frontier history.
Aswan
Kalabsha Temple and Beit el-Wali
The largest free-standing temple of Nubia, moved stone by stone beside the High Dam — with a rock temple of Ramesses II.
Philae Temple (Temple of Isis)
The island sanctuary of Isis, rescued from the rising Nile and rebuilt on Agilkia — the last stronghold of the ancient Egyptian religion.
Qubbet el-Hawa (Tombs of the Nobles, Aswan)
Rock tombs of the governors of Elephantine high on the west bank — and the best view over Aswan and the cataract.
Sehel Island
Granite boulders of the First Cataract carved with hundreds of inscriptions — including the Famine Stela.
Unfinished Obelisk
The largest obelisk ever attempted, abandoned in its granite quarry when it cracked — a window onto how Egyptians cut stone.
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