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Elephantine Island

Elephantine Island in Aswan: Tour Throughout Egyptian History

Elephantine Island located to the north of the Nile’s First Cataract, is situated between the modern city of Aswan on the east and the pharaonic cemetery of Qubbet el-Hawa to the west. The Island of Elephantine was important throughout Egyptian history as a religious site, beginning in the Predynastic period and continuing down through Roman times. Temples and...