A spectacular scene of Feluccas - the traditional wooden sailing boats and endless decorated motor boats dominate the mighty Nile, bisecting bustling Aswan - a city with strategic and commercial gateway since antiquity. The breathtaking Philae Temple on an island near Aswan is approachable by a water taxi - this temple was sacred to Isis, the Egyptian goddess of healing and magic and one of the last places of worship built in the classical Egyptian style, created by the last of the pharaohs.
It was rescued and relocated to the island of Agilika with the building of the Aswan High Dam.
Nubia was a region along the Nile. Its history can be traced from 4000 years ago to modern day. It was culturally close to ancient Egypt, and the two regions had periods of both peace and war, but today the people leave in Nubian villages, known for their colorful streets near Aswan and their rare skin tone and also a unique language that no one in Egypt talks like.
On its own arcadian island on the Nile in this colorful Nubia, minutes of a boat ride from the center of Aswan, we found our home - The Movenpick Resort Aswan, offering comfortable impressive public areas, a variety of restaurants and most of all
404 rooms, suites and villas with spectacular views of the Nile. Having a relaxed and a pampering breakfast in the Movenpick terrace with the Nile river in our sight was divine. With courteous team members, our experience here will stay memorable.
The Aswan High Dam, built more than 50 years ago is Egypt’s monumental project with its ability mainly to better control flooding and provide water storage creating Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.
in this water lake stood the magnificent Abu Simbel temple, one of the most world's well-known ancient sites - when the Aswan High Dam was planned an urgent need was required to dismantle and rebuild it on a higher hill 60 years ago. The temple was constructed by legendary Egyptian King Ramesses II who celebrated the victory over the Hittites 3300 years ago. The temple was built in Nubia, an important source of gold - Ramesses II wished to impress Nubians and Egyptianize them. it is hard to believe that the entire site was carefully cut into large blocks and reassembled in the new location, in one of the greatest archaeological engineering projects, including another smaller massive rock-cut temple dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II's chief consort, Nefertari - his beloved wife, known for her beauty.
breathtaking Nubia in southern Egypt, a must on every traveler to be list.
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