hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs is an archaeological site in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. hieroglyphs is situated nearby to Sehel Island, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Nubian Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sehel Island and Elephantine.
Sehel Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sehel Island is located in the Nile, about 2 miles southwest of Aswan in southern Egypt. It is a large island, and is roughly halfway between the city and the upstream Aswan Low Dam.
Elephantine
Island
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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". Elephantine is situated 4 km northeast of hieroglyphs.
Aswan Stadium
Stadium
Aswan Stadium is a stadium in Aswan, Egypt. It has a capacity of 11,000 spectators. It is the home of Aswan SC. Aswan Stadium is situated 1½ km northeast of hieroglyphs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shellal and Aswan.
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.
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.
Nile 1st. Cataract
Locality
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. Nile 1st. Cataract is situated 9 km south of hieroglyphs.
hieroglyphs
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.0581° or 24° 3′ 29″ northLongitude
32.87322° or 32° 52′ 24″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3V5F+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 11937254436OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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