Nag‘ el-Ramla

Nag‘ el-Ramla is a locality in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Nag‘ el-Ramla is situated nearby to the locality Naj‘ al Maḩaţţah, as well as near Nag‘ el-Qabba.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elephantine and Aswan Museum.

Elephantine

Island

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Elephantine is an island on the Nile, forming part of the city of Aswan in Upper Egypt. The archaeological digs on the island became a World Heritage Site in 1979, along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae".

Aswan Museum

Museum

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Aswan Museum is a museum in Elephantine, located on the south-eastern side of Aswan, Egypt. It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth.

Pyramid of Elefantine

The pyramid of Elephantine is part of a group of seven very similar small step pyramids, along with the pyramids at Edfu South, el-Kula, Naqada, Zawyet el-Maiyitin, Seila, and Sinki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.

Aswan

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Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.

Shellal

Village

Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. Shellal is situated 3½ km south of Nag‘ el-Ramla.

Nag‘ el-Ramla

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Nag` el-Ramla”
Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

24.08333° or 24° 5′ north

Longitude

32.88333° or 32° 53′ east

Elevation

89 metres (292 feet)

Open location code

7GPJ3VMM+88

GeoNames ID

351602

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Localities in the Area

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