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Home  Cambodia  China  Cuba  Egypt  Abu Simbel  Abydos  Aswan  Cairo  Dendara  Edfu  Luxor  Saqqara  The Pyramids  at Giza  Estonia  Galapagos  Iceland  Kamchatka  Karakoram  Laos  Lundy Island  Nepal  New Zealand  Patagonia  Prague  Russian Cities  Scottish  Highlands  Sierra Nevada  Thailand  Tibet  Vietnam  Email /  Feedback	Aswan     -     Philae Aswan lies almost 1000 kilometres south of Cairo on the River Nile. It is a much favoured winter resort owing to its warm and dry climate, and is the starting point of the great caravan route to Nubia and the Sudan. Choose a category from the menu General   |   Nubian Museum   |   Philae   |   River Nile Philae Click a thumbnail for a larger picture The Temple complex of Philae lies a kilometre south of the first Aswan Dam on the island of Agilka, and was erected by the Ptolemites in the last two centures BC.
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