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| Page Views: 2,830 Last Visit to Aswan: July, 1996 | ASWAN by dedeckerm. - last update: Mar 21, 2004 |
Lake Nasser | Felucca's on the Nile river |
Aswan, Egypt's sunniest southern city.
In Aswan the Nile is at its most beautiful.
The city lies on the east bank of the Nile
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| Mausoleum of the Aga Khan |
|  | Mausoleum of the Aga Khan
Upriver a bit is the tomb of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan who died in 1957.
Known as the Tomb of the Aga Khan, it is beautiful in its simplicity
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| | The unfinished obelisk This unfinished obelisk in a granite quarry in Aswan provides insight into the extraordinary manual effort behind royal building projects. This obelisk, which is 137 feet/41.7 meters long and 14 feet/4.2 meters at its widest, was abandoned when it developed a crack. This geographical area was an ancient Egyptian source for pink and gray granite.
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olja1234 Thu Feb 20, 2003 21:40 UTC
Very nice page Marleen. I like it | acemj Wed Feb 12, 2003 15:11 UTC
Great historical information! | tini58de Sat Dec 28, 2002 14:13 UTC
wonderful pictures, Marleen! I love that page! | JudyinPA Fri Oct 25, 2002 21:18 UTC
Marleen, I see you still know how to build great pages |
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