3 Days Guided tours to Aswan, Abu simbel and Luxor

The Abu Simbel temples are included in the 3 Days Guided tours to Aswan, Abu simbel and Luxor. They are two very large rock temples built by the ancient Egyptians, at Abu Simbel. This is a village in Nubia, southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The temples are on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about 230 km southwest of Aswan. They are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Nubian Monuments.The temples were cut into solid rock in side of a cliff during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC. It was a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to remember his victory at the Battle of Kadesh.

Conclusion about Aswan

3 Days Guided tours to Aswan, Abu simbel and Luxor. The complete temples were moved in 1968, to a place high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir. They would have been flooded by water from Lake Nasser. Which was formed by the building of a dam on the Nile River.

To the rear of the temple are chapels built by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty, and Alexander. Other parts of the temple were built by Tutankhamun and Ramesses II. During the Roman era, the temple and its surroundings were a legionary fortress and the home of the Roman government in the area. During the Roman period a chapel inside the Luxor Temple originally belonged to the goddess Mut was transformed into a Tetrarchy cult chapel and later into a church.

Along with the other archeological sites in Thebes. In fact,The Luxor Temple was into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

The rate of poverty is more than 60% in this governorate but recently some social safety networks have been provided in the form of financial assistance and job opportunities. In fact,The funding has been coordinated by the country’s Ministry of Finance and with assistance from international organizations.