hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs is an archaeological site in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. hieroglyphs is situated nearby to the islet Essa Island, as well as near Old Cataract Hotel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nubian Museum and Elephantine.
Nubian Museum
Museum
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The Nubian Museum is an archaeological museum located in Aswan, Upper Egypt. It was built following the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, to a design by architect Mahmoud El-Hakim for an estimated construction cost of E£75 million. Nubian Museum is situated 400 metres east of hieroglyphs.
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. Aswan Museum is situated 560 metres north of hieroglyphs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.
Aswan
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 hieroglyphs.
hieroglyphs
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.08016° or 24° 4′ 49″ northLongitude
32.88532° or 32° 53′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VJP+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 11703677258OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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