Aswan is a strategic location which currently houses a garrison of the Egyptian army, but which has also seen ancient Egyptian garrisons, as well as that of General Kitchener, Turkish troops of the Ottoman empire and the Romans.
The city proper lies on the east bank of the Nile. Relax here, visit a few mosques, but then prepare for an adventure. The bazaar runs along the Corniche, which continues past the Ferial Gardens and the Nubian Museum, and continues on to the Cemetery, with its forest of cupolas surmounted tombs from the Fatimid period. Just east of the cemetery in the famous area quarries is the gigantic Unfinished Obelisk. Just to the south of this, two Graeco-Roman sarcophagi and an unfinished colossus remain half buried in the sand.
The most obvious is Elephantine Island, which is timeless with artifacts dating from pre-Dynastic times onward. It is the largest island in the area. Just beyond Elephantine is Kitchener's Island (Geziret el-Nabatat). It was named for the British general Haratio Kitchener (185--1916) and was sent to Egypt in 1883 to reorganize the Egyptian army, which he then led against the Sudanese Mahdi. But the island is known for its garden and the exotic plants the Kitchener planted there, and which continue to flourish today.
On the opposite shore (west bank), the cliffs are surmounted by the tomb of a marabut, Qubbet el-Hawwa, who was a local saint. Below are tombs of the local (pharaonic) nobles and dignitaries.
Upriver a bit is the tomb of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan who died in 1957. Known as the Tomb of the Aga Khan, it is beautiful in its simplicity. A road from there leads back to the Coptic Monastery of St Simeon, which was built in the sixth century in honor of Amba Hadra, a local saint.
Just up river a bit, there is also the old Aswan dam, built by the British, which was enlarged, expanded, but unable to control the Nile for irrigation.
LuXoR
- Luxor Governorate is Located Southern Egypt, 670 KM south of Cairo, 220 KM north of Aswan.
- Â Luxor Population:- round 1.2 million.
- Luxor Government is the Governmental Entity which managed Luxor, Chaired by Gen. Khalid Fouda.
- Luxor Governorate Districts are :-
- District and City of Luxor ( El-bayedia City - Elodysat South- Elodysat North – El-Tod – El-Boghdady – El-Hobiel )
- District and City of Qurna ( Qurna City, south Kamoula. West Kamoula, Al-kaltah, El-Bouierate, El-Dabieha, El-Mariess)
- El-Zienniea District ( Zienniea south, Zienniea North, El-madamoud, El-Ashie, El-Saiedah)
- District of Armant
- Â District of Esna
Luxor Governmental Decree- Presidential Decree No. 153 of 1989 for Luxor special regime.
- Presidential Decree No. 312 of 2006 annexation of the local unit of Marrise village to the city of Luxor.
- The Prime Minister Decree No. 3284 of 1995 amending the administrative border of the city of Luxor.
- The Prime Minister Decree No. 2326 of 2000 amending the Scope Luxor city.
- The Prime Minister Decree No. 1895 of 2006 establishing a new city/center of New Qurnah.
- The Prime Minister Decree No. 1832 of 2006 amending the local unit scope for El-Zienniea Center at Luxor.
- Upon The content of the decision No. 4769 of the Public Prosecutor's record in the administrative section of 2008, as well as record No. 5062, 5083 for 2008, and upon the President Decree No. 333 for the year 2008, to annex the island of Armant of the Armant Center in Qena to the administrative border of the city of Luxor.
- Presidential Decree No. 378 of 09/12/2009 announce Luxor will be the 29th governorate and will annex the cities of armant and esna from qena governorate
Temple of the Pharaohs
Temple
Tags Words: Pharaonic egypt Cairo Misr civilization Tourism Alexandria Aswan SHarm-ElShikh Luxor
Tags Words: Pharaonic egypt Cairo Misr civilization Tourism Alexandria Aswan SHarm-ElShikh Luxor
