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Aswan is one of world's
foremost winter resorts. The mild climate in winter makes it a haven
of peace and relaxation in a landscape that is at once a blend of
the exotic atmosphere of Orient and the throbbing vitality of Africa.
It's in this town, standing sentinel over one of the more important
gateways to Africa, that antiquity can be seen alongside the very
granite quarries of the area where the Pharaohs of ancient Thebes
obtained the pink granite for their statues and monuments, rises today
the new High Dam of Aswan which may be considered one of the world's
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Among
the places to visit while in Aswan are the following:
1. The Sadd Al A’li, or Aswan High Dam.
2. The Aswan Dam is the earlier Dam constructed in 1902
and heightened twice, once in 1912 and again in 1933.
3. The Island of Elephantine on which can be seen the Milometer,
remains of an ancient temple, the necropolis for the sacred rams,
and a modern museum.
4. Aswan Museum.
5. The Tombs of the Barons of the Old Kingdom of the 23rd
Century B. C.
6. Temple of Isis which lies south of the town. This temple was the
Work of Ptolemy III and Ptolemy IV, but wasn't completed.
7. The granite quarries Where lies an unfinished obelisk 14 meters
long anr weighing 1,170 tons.
8. The Exotic Gardens.
9. The Temple of Philae which lies 2 kilometers south of Aswan is
450 meters long and 150 meters broad.
10. The Monastery of St. Simeon.
11. Ma'azin Bilal.
12. The Aga Khan Mausoleum.
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