Luxor and Aswan

Luxor and Aswan

Of the most beautiful tourist destinations - without exaggeration - Luxor and Aswan, especially in these cold days in most countries of the world, and the two warm ..And includes Luxor, Aswan and points of tourist and archaeological and natural therapeutic and commercial, is a museum open 

view of the many temples and archeological sites scattered in all regions,

Luxor
Some information about Luxor

Aloqsrasma ancient Egypt and away from the capital Cairo, the current 670 km and a historic city located in the central province of Qena, the maximum level at the Goan Masralalia bordered to the south and north of Esna Center Qus center on the east by the Red Sea to the west of Armant Center and the limits of the New Valley Governorate.

A city dating back to prehistoric times, where it is of the most ancient cities in the world and contains many temples and tombs, and the most famous Aloqsromabid Temple of Karnak and the largest houses of worship in the world.

Names of good and a city with a door and a good percent of the many palaces of Luxor short called Luxor, to a third of the effects of the world. Now the Luxor Museum is open Oppe cultural heritage center and Mubarak Public Library

Despite their importance, but the effects are not the only thing characteristic of the shortest that you feel when you walk by in awe and reverence to those who lived by the Pharaohs to the left of the effects continue to discriminate the city that was called for in the last name «and Estee» and was the capital of Egypt at that time.Then turning to the name later to the «good», described by Homer poet Greeks when he visited her on behalf of the «city cent gate» of the multiplicity of doors in that period and when it was the Arab conquest of Egypt was the Arabs who named it Luxor any city palaces, after Behroa palaces and affected by His Excellency their buildings.

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Aswan

Some important information about Aswan

Is the capital city of Aswan Aswan governorates of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the southern gateway to Egypt, located on the east bank of the Nile at the First Cataract of the Nile. And coordinates: 24.05 u 32.56 BC. A population of 200,000 inhabitants. Aswan and the driest inhabited spots on earth.

Aswan was known Bsien in ancient Pharaonic and Greek. Eratosthenes, in which he refuted the theory of the flat earth and made the first calculation of the circumference of the Earth taking the Seine and Alexandria, a center point to calculate the terminal along the arc between the two points and the angle of sunlight fall on each of the two cities, including by the Earth's circumference. Eratosthenes adopted the sun passes over the Tropic of Cancer (almost passing Aswan) on June 21.

The city of Aswan on the east bank of the Nile at a distance of 899 kilometers south of Cairo, a link between Egypt and Sudan, and so is the gate to the heart of the African continent, making it an important commercial center

The most important tourist areas in the city of Aswan

Elephantine Island:

Was one of the strongest fortresses on the borders of Egypt and South Hotel is located versus "Cataract" and was Mabboudha god "Khnum" is in the form of a ram head and the best brother, the tourist can see for yourself and wander the island before you start visiting the temples and the museum.

Island Ojeljka

And embraces the Temple of Philae and the effects-soaked waters of the Nile was the Temple of Philae decoding and re-assembled on the island, which lies a distance of 500 meters from the site of the temples of Philae as it is sound and light show at Philae in all different languages

Tombs of nobles

A rock tombs located on the West Bank of Aswan and the tombs of the rulers of the city of Aswan and Elephantine is carved into the sandstone and returns to ancient times and the tombs of historical importance placed in the top of the tombs in Upper Egypt It is important tombs (Mejo ​​and I will build) also gives an idea of ​​the architectural style of the tombs, as well as the titles and functions, which parodies the rulers of the south. Has shown that the inscriptions written on the walls of these cemeteries the role played by these princes to protect the country or in trips within Africa

Philae

Located south of Aswan and Aswan Reservoir was transferred to the island group temples with high levels of water transport were among projects to save the monuments of Nubia. The name is due to Vilay elephants or the Greek language which means the (beloved) or (granules) The Arabic name to her that he (Anas exist) Proportion to the legend Anas presence in the stories of Thousand and One Nights. The name of the ancient Egyptian and Coptic is (Bilak) and Balakh means to reduce or end it was the last to the borders of Egypt in the south. And a set of worship dedicated to the worship of the god Isis is that the island contained the temples of Hathor and Amenhotep, and other temples.

Temple of Kalabsha

Due date of its construction to the reign of Roman emperor Octavian August (30 BC. M.) Has been moved from its original location on the west bank of the Nile and was rebuilt near the site of the High Dam, the largest temples built of sandstone heart and with its walls texts and inscriptions represent the Egyptian Isis and Osiris .

Really Luxor and Aswan of the most beautiful cities in the world can eliminate most beautiful times that there will never forget...