About Aswan
Aswan, Egypts sunniest city and ancient frontier town, has a distinctively African atmosphere. Here the Nile is at its most beautiful, flowing through amber desert and granite rocks, round emerald islands covered in palm groves and tropical plants. Aswan has been a favorite winter resort since the beginning of the nineteenth century and its still a perfect place to get away from it all. The original inhabitants of the southern of Egypt, the Nubians, still have distinct traditions, architecture and languages, even though many migrated either to Kom Ombo or south to Sudan after Lake Nasser swamped much of their traditional homeland. Some of the monuments that were threatened by the waters of the Lake Nasser & the Nile have been moved to safer places, most notably the Philae, the Kalabsha & the Abu Simbel temples. The Nubian Museum has been recently built to house rescued art crafts.