Aswan Day Tour to Philae temple, the high dam and the un finished obelisk
Aswan sightseeings
Our guide will pick you up from your hotel or Nile Cruise to visit Aswan’s High Dam which is one of the most important achievements of the last century in Egypt.It Contains 18 times the material used in the great pyramid of Cheops and It provides Egypt with water and electricity and secures the country from the destructive inundation of the Nile River. Then you will visit the Temple of Isis at Philae whose construction started during the reign of Ptolemy II and was completed by the Roman emperors. And it was dedicated to the goddess Isis who was considered the mother of god she is the mother god Horus and the consort of God Osiris. After that Ending the tour with Aswan Granite Quarries as Aswan was considered the main granite supplier for all of Egypt. You will find there the famous Unfinished Obelisk which is most probably belonged to Queen Hatshepsut in the 18th dynasty. It measures about 42 meters and it’s considered as the heaviest obelisk ever cut in ancient Egypt. It weighs nearly about 1100 tons
