Day Tour of Aswan , Philae temple, High Dam and Obelisk

“See the highlights of Aswan in your Aswan Day Tour with Imperial Egypt Tours. Our daily tours will take you to the High Dam that created Lake Nasser, as well as the Unfinished Obelisk to see how ancient Egyptians cut these huge stone pillars, and finally Philae Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis.

Our tour guide from Imperial Egypt Tours will pick you up from your hotel or Nile Cruise in Aswan to visit Aswan’s temple. Temple of Isis at Philae, which its construction started during the reign of Ptolemy II and completed by the Roman emperors. And it was dedicated to the goddess Isis, which was considered the mother of god and she is the mother god Horus and the consort of God Osiris.

Then a visit to the High Dam, which is one of the most important achievements of the last century in Egypt. It contains 18 times the material used in the great pyramid of Cheops and provides Egypt with the water and electricity.

After that, ending the tour with Aswan Granite Quarries as Aswan was considered as the main granite supplier for all Egypt. You will find there the famous Unfinished Obelisk which is most probably belonged to Queen Hatshepsut in the 18th dynasty. It measures about 42 meters and it’s considered as the heaviest obelisk ever cut in ancient Egypt. Then, you will be escorted by an air-conditioned vehicle to the hotel.”