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Highlights of Aswan:
Abu Simbel: South of Aswan about 280 Km lies
Abu Simbal.
Two temples stare out from the cliff face at Abu Simbel. On the left is the Temple of
Re-Herakhte with its colossi of Ramses II, and on the right the smaller Temple of Hathor,
associated with Ramses’ queen, Nefertari.
Aswan High Dam: was completed in 1971, including a huge artificial lake, Lake Nasser.
Aga Khan’s Mausoleum: here Aga Khan, a spiritual leader of the
Ismailis a Shi’ite sect, was buried in the doomed mausoleum in 1957.
Temple of Isis on the island Phalae: built for offerings to Isis,
Horus, and Hathor.
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