Unleash your inner adventure while scout around the most gleaming finds of Lake Nasser, one of the completed temples is Kalabhsa Temple which is fascinating on it structure and provide a ravishing view to Lake Nasser, The temple is back to the roman times and was dedicated to the Nubian god Mandoulis, and dates back to the time of roman emperor Augustus, later other emperor have contributed for the construction, such as kaligula and Trjan.

Feast your eyes with the magnificent of its pylon which is built at a slight angle to the rest of the temple. The temple was built in the traditional Egyptian style, The courtyard just inside the pylon once had columns on three sides. At either end is a staircase that leads to the upper stories of the pylon or a good view of Lake Nassar, The Holy of Holies was in the farthest room, which was later used as a Christian church. Augustus is depicted on the walls offering to Mandulis.

Scout the most gleaming sites of Aswan the twinkling city when you visit Egypt, explore the High Dam which consider the most successful achievement of modern Egypt, when President Nasser announced his proposal for building the High Dam, the project starts at 1960 and finished at 1971, after finishing the area behind the dam flooded with water and became the Lake Nasser and it is consider the largest manmade lake in the world, it provides Egypt with water and electricity beside it has fish revolution.

Treat yourself to be pampered with the impressive sightseeing view of the High Dam, This gigantic building is 111m tall, 3.5Km in length and about 1Km wide! It has a Hydro-electric plant, with 6 turbines, capable of producing 2.1 million kilowatts, Because raising the water caused the damage, and loss, of so many of the Nubian monuments, great efforts were made by the Egyptian Government, aided by UNESCO and other countries, to save the most important monuments of Nubia.

When you visit Aswan do not miss the chance to explore the fascinating parts of Elephantine Island, which consider the largest island in south Egypt, it lies on the Nile River and named as Elephantine Island because at the ancient time it was trade place for ivory, it was first defense line in upper Egypt, there a fortress built over it, according to Egyptology it was the home of Khnum, god of the Aswan nome, who guarded and controlled the waters of the Nile from caves beneath the island.

Feast your eyes and your soul with this truly paradisiacal spot in Aswan, It is a great place to escape the masses and spend some leisure time, The oldest ruins still standing on the island are a granite step pyramid from the third dynasty and a small shrine, built for the local sixth-dynasty monarch, Hekayib, Be wandering among the colorful houses of the Nubian villages Siou and Koti, fishing in the Nile, or having a picnic on the river banks.

The Temple of Beit el-Wali is located about 55 km south of Aswan, The Temple of Beit El Wali was dedicated to the worship of the gods Amun; the ‎King of Gods, and the god Khnum, unleash your inner adventure while scout around the most gleaming finds of this temple, It was relocated after the construction of the ‎High Dam in the 1960s, the same as the fascinating Temple of Abu Simble and the ‎Temple of Philae, to another place which is higher than its original location to avoid ‎the damage of the water of the Nile.

The Temple of Beit el-Wali is carved into the rock, which was constructed by Ramses II in Nubia ‎as an evidence of his strong control over the area, This temple consists of a courtyard and a hall, with many colored texts and inscriptions and some scenes of the King during his fights.

Amuse your holiday when you visit Aswan and do not miss the chance to explore plenty of fascinating sites beside Beit el Wali Temple, treat yourself to be pampered while stare at the amazement of Kalabsha Temple, be witness with the glory of the Kiosk of Qertassi and more to discover with Aswan Tours.

Explore more about Egyptian History in Aswan, be witness on the glory of Aswan Nilometer, It is 7000 years old, these Nilometer were used to measure the level of the water on the Nile River, they were also used to predict the level of the water in the next season , These predictions also helped to calculate the local farmer taxes.

The ancient Egyptians almost relied on the Nile in various fields of life, during summer the water of the Nile would rise due to heavy rainfall, and then the Nilometer would be submerged with marked intervals indicating the depth of the water, if its level was too high, there would be a flood. If its level was too low, there would be a drought. Both meant disaster. Luckily, the Nilometer was invented to read and predict the level of the water and therefore the fate of the country.

In Aswan on the Elephantine Island, there are two Nilometers, one at the temple of Khnum and one at the temple of Satet, owing to the fact that Elephantine Island was the first place where the onset of the annual flood was noticed. It is not surprising therefore that this “high tech” invention was kept in temples and only priests and rulers were allowed access it.

Unleash your inner adventure while scout around the most gleaming finds of The Roman Theater, which is located at Kom el Dekka and consider an artificial hill formed of the ruins of ancient buildings, The theater is still one of the most important remains of the roman period in Egypt because it is still very well preserved even with its marble layers.

Feast your eyes with the wonderful design of the Roman Theater, was built in the early years of one of the largest and most influential empires in the world, the Roman Empire. The term amphitheater is derived from the Latin word (Amphitheatrum), which means hemi-sphere or half circle, an open air museum exists in the area of the Amphitheater, and it is the first open museum for underwater monuments, It displays 39 artifacts were found sunken in the sea.

Amuse your eyes with the glory of the Lighthouse of Alexandria which is one of the most advanced technological achievements of the 3rd century, B.C, It was the one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the story starts when Alexander the great conquest the city, he built the city of Alexandria and established two harbors, after his dead the city had an economic importance according to its location on Mediterranean sea, so Ptolemy the soter built it to be guide for ships, The building was designed by Sostratus as he carved his name in the building because he was proud.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria shown as massive box, it consists of different floors, it is not like any single column, 1st floor was square in shape and measured 100 feet and 240 feet in high, inside this section was a large spiral ramp that allowed materials to be pulled to the top in horse-drawn carts. The building was constructed of marble blocks with lead mortar.

In addition scout around the most gleaming finds of the central level or also known as circular level of the Lighthouse of Alexandria but in the 13th century A.D, another earthquake destroyed the second floor while the first floor survived, be astonishing while explore the top of the tower, which was a cylinder that extended up to an open cupola where the fire that provided the light burned, there was huge mirror reflected the light of the sun, There are stories that this mirror could be used as a weapon to concentrate the sun and set enemy ships ablaze as they approached. At night it was fire to guide ships especially in distance of 100 miles away from the harbor.

At the coastline of Alexandria lies the largest science and cultures library in the world, it is considering a research center for student and searcher, because it contains a books, articles and papyrus scrolls dates back to Pharaonic and Greek era, besides others eras including Islamic and Coptic period, it built by Ptolemy I son of Alexander the Great at 3rd century BC, over years the library was known by different names such as The Great Library of Alexandria, the Royal Library of Alexandria and the grand Library of Alexandria.

There were many libraries in the times of the pharos but it was exclusive for the priests of the temples and the royal family. When you visit Alexandria keen to scout around the most gleaming finds of the library, be witness on the glory of the first public governmental library in history, it contains rich books which reflects all field like economy, agriculture, history and others that is give us a over whole view to the old experience of civilizations at many fields, This is besides the fact that many great scientists studied in the library like Archimedes.

The Graeco Roman Museum is located in Fouad Street in Alexandria, it established by Khedive Abbas Helmy II, Displaying a great collection of art and artefacts that date back to the origins and legacy of ancient Alexandria, the Graeco-Roman Museum has a neo-classical façade and the inscription-MOYXEION, which simply means museum in Greek.

Live the life of Roman or at least get a taste while walkthrough the museum, the museum exhibits a fascinating huge collection mostly dates from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D, stare at the amazement of A Mummy from the Roman era, be witness with the glory of white marble head of a Julius Caesar, then head out towards to explore marble head of Alexander the Great.

Unleash your inner demand to explore new places while scout around the Serapeum of Alexandria which is one of the fascinating attractive sites in Egypt, which dates back to Greco Roman period, it is dedicated to Serapis, A serapeum is a temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god Serapis, when Romans came to Egypt they though to common cult in Alexandria, thus they started the new triad which consisted of Serapis, the chief god, Isis the consort and their son Harpocrates (Horus).

Be witness on the glory of Serapeum of Alexandria, it designed by architect Parmeniscus, it became the largest god temple ever known’s, The temple zone also encloses other monuments, the most famous of them is Pompey`s Pillar, the red granite pillar which was erected in honor of the Roman emperor Diocletian.