Fatimid Cemetery, Aswan
A hillside of medieval mud-brick domed tombs on the edge of Aswan — one of the oldest Islamic cemeteries in Egypt.
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.
Monastery of St Simeon (Anba Hadra)
A fortress-like Coptic monastery in the desert above Aswan's west bank, founded in the seventh century and abandoned in the thirteenth.
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.
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