Guide will pick you up from your hotel or Nile cruise, to start your tour with a walk across the High Dam, which was constructed between 1960 and 1970 to separate Lake Nasser from the Nile River. next board a motorboat and enjoy a scenic ride on the river Nile to Lake Nasser and Agilkia Island, which has been shaped to match the size of the magnificent Philae Temple. Your guide explains how a UNESCO project in 1960 saved the Temple of Philae from flooding and moved it to the nearby island of Agilkia, Visit this ancient temple of Isis. your tour ends with a visit to a quarry holding the largest known ancient obelisk—if completed It remains unknown which pharaoh ordered its construction, but it lies unfinished and is a third taller than any complete obelisk to this day.
Address | Aswan. |
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Category | Tours |