First cataract of river nile , very wide valley of the river nile , nubians and their village on the western bank in asuan , granite stones inside the river and on its both banks , collection of islands before and fater aswan dam , very unique temple goddess Isis in avery special romantic location on philae island , high dam the greatest project of irrigation in egypt in 20 century , which stopped the flood of the nile and allowed egyptian nation to plant his fields 3 times yearly , instead just one after the nile flood . and many other elements collaborated to gather to show us magical portrait of aswan , the most beautiful city in upper egypt .
Name of aswan
The most hypothetical opinion about the name aswan is that it is derived from nubian name “ “swenette “ which means fortress or palace ,but nowadays asuan the history of aswan .
History
The history of aswan relates back to the most early periods in the ancient egyptian history , during the rule of king zoser , when he had starvation under his rule , because of the advice of his high priest and wyzer imhotep , he send offering to god “khnum “ the god of the first cataract in aswan in order to reback the flood of the nile , after 7 years of starvation , and then the ancient egyptian mythology played a very important and vital role to reveal and enhigh the role of aswan , because of the existence of god khnum there , and temple of goddess isis indeed .
On the other hand , aswan was a very important port between egypt and other countries in south africa , the ancient egyptians were very interested in making expedition to discover the roots of river nile , and get new animals like monkeys , importing spices , and getting african dwarfs to work in egypt indeed .
By the end of ancient egyptian civilization , during the Ptolemaic era , there was an organization responsible for temples , and this organization constructed a very nice temple for goddess Isis .
In byzantine period , it was a good place for christian to escape from persecution in this time , for some religious and political reasons , even they constructed a kloster named st simon .
And during islam era , the handle of spicies was highly flourished , and the markt in aswan became bigger and bigger and traders traveled to diffrent place to bring to egypt a veriety of goods to see it in egypt .
And now during the last 200 years , there have been very important irrigation and agriculture projects constructed in aswan like the botanical garden , aswan dam , and the biggest project in the history of Egypt high dam .
Sightseeing in aswan
- botanical garden
- nubian village
- high dam
- nubian museum
- unfinished obelisk
- tombs of nobles
- elephantine