Nubian Museum

The Nubian Museum is an archaeological museum in , . It was built in 23 November 1997 following the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia.
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  • Opening hours:
    Saturday—Wednesday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Thursday and Friday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM and 6:00 PM—9:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Aswan, Egypt
  • Also known as: “International Museum of Nubia” and “Nubia Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elephantine and Unfinished obelisk.

Island
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is an on the Nile, forming part of the city of in . 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".

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The is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in , . is situated 690 metres southeast of Nubian Museum.

Museum
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is a in , located on the south-eastern side of , . It was set up in 1912 by the British Egyptologist Cecil Mallaby Firth. is situated 650 metres north of Nubian Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aswan and Shellal.

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

Village
is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of in . It was the traditional northern frontier of the region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire. is situated 3½ km south of Nubian Museum.

Nubian Museum

Latitude
24.07945° or 24° 4′ 46″ north
Longitude
32.88919° or 32° 53′ 21″ east
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Nubian Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Mathaf In-Nuubia متحف النوبة”
  • Arabic: “متحف النوبة”
  • Arabic: “متحف النوبه”
  • Asturian: “Muséu de Nubia”
  • Catalan: “Museu de Núbia”
  • Dutch: “Internationaal museum van Nubië”
  • Dutch: “Nubisch museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف النوبه”
  • French: “musée de la Nubie”
  • French: “Musée de la Nubie”
  • French: “Musee des antiquites de Nubie a Assouan”
  • French: “Musée des antiquités de Nubie à Assouan”
  • French: “Musée des antiquités de Nubie”
  • French: “Musée nubien”
  • German: “Nubia Museum”
  • German: “Nubian Museum”
  • Italian: “Museo internazionale della Nubia”
  • Italian: “Museo nubiano”
  • Japanese: “ヌビア博物館”
  • Russian: “Нубийский музей”
  • Serbian: “Nubijski muzej”
  • Serbian: “Асуански нубијски музеј”
  • Serbian: “Међународни музеј Нубије”
  • Serbian: “Нубијски музеј (Асуан)”
  • Serbian: “Нубијски музеј Асуан”
  • Serbian: “Нубијски музеј у Асуану”
  • Serbian: “Нубијски музеј”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Nubia”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Núbia”
  • Spanish: “Museo nubio”
  • Turkish: “Nübye Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Нубійський музей”

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Highlights include Islamic Cemetery and Old Cataract Hotel.

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