This outdoor market is a central feature of Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost city.

This large temple complex, relocated to the island of Agilika with the building of the High Dam in Aswan, features the magnificent Temple of Isis that was built in the late Ptolemaic and early Roman periods.

This tour company operates cruises on the Nile River and Lake Nassar.

This island is the oldest inhabited part of Aswan and served as the cult center of the ram headed god Khnum in ancient times.

Supplying water and electricity to all of Egypt, this impressive two-mile dam was a 1960s feat of engineering.

The buildings on this island were removed and relocated when the island was submerged upon construction of the High Dam in the 1960s.

This museum traces the history from the earliest settlements to present day of Nubia, the region defined as the area between Aswan in Egypt and Khartoum in the Sudan.

This gigantic semi-finished obelisk, dating from the New Kingdom, would have weighed a staggering 1,197 tons if completed.

At this popular street market, enthusiastic shopkeepers actively vie for business from thronging passers-by.