Aswan 2006

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Aswan – Egypt In Aswan the Nile is at its most, beautiful, flowing through amber desert and granite rocks, round emerald islands covered in palm groves and tropical plants. Explore the souk, full of the scent and color of spices, perfumes, scarves and baskets. View the spectacular sunsets while having tea on the terrace of the Old Cataract Hotel (Named due to the location of the Nile's first cataract located here). Aswan has been a favorite winter resort and a perfect place to get away from it all.

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View of Aswan city

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Lake Philae

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Temple of Philae

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Fishing and Farming

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“Nile Cruise” flotilla in Aswan

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Aswan – Egypt Nile River Aswan was the southern border of Pharaonic Egypt. Here the desert reaches the banks of the river. The Nile River valley begins north of Aswan, as at this point the hard sandstone was difficult to cut through. At some points granite was exposed just beneath the surface of the sandstone. Granite is very hard rock and even a river like the Nile can only cut through it very slowly.

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East Shore

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Fishermen

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Typical village on Nile shore

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Palmyra palm tree

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Aswan – Egypt Cataracts Where granite is exposed, rapids, or cataracts, form. Along the Nile, there are 10 cataracts in total. The First Cataract, 7 miles in length, is just to the south of Aswan today, and it logically formed the southern border of Pharaonic Egypt. A person traveling south along the river by boat would have to leave the river at this point and carry the boat across the desert, since it was not passable on the rapids.

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Bedrock of first Nile Cataract

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View from the old Cataract hotel

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View from King Farouk terrace

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The Nile from the Elephantine Island

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Kitchener Island (Botanic gardens)

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St-Marc Coptic Cathedral

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Aswan – Egypt Unfinished Obelisk The only granite quarry in Egypt is in Aswan. The closer to the Nile River, the easier it was to float the stones downstream to Luxor and Memphis (Cairo). The largest unfinished obelisk ever discovered, was not finished for unknown reasons and can still be seen carved in the rocks. Had it been completed, it’s weight is estimated to be 1200 tons (the next largest obelisk weighs 300 tons). In order to transport the obelisks, boats were strapped together, and obelisks were laid crosswise. Queen Hatshepsut record tells us that work on one of her obelisks took 7 months.

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Obelisk in Karnak Temple

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Winter Flowering tree

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Migrating Ducks spending winter in Aswan

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Night fall on the Nile

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Felouca sailing

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Sunset

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Good night Aswan

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Création / design Mike Y. Sharobim March - 2006 Click to exit / pour terminer Not for commercial distribution © THE END