Animalia
Animalia is a museum in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Animalia is situated nearby to the community center rest house, as well as near the island Elephantine.- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephantine and El Nabatat Island.
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".
El Nabatat Island
Islet
Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Nabatat Island or Kitchener's Island is a small, oval-shaped island in the Nile at Aswan, Egypt. It is less than a kilometer long and its width is less than ½ a kilometer. The Aswan Botanical Garden is located on the island.
Aswan Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 510 metres south of Animalia.
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 4½ km south of Animalia.
Animalia
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
24.08943° or 24° 5′ 22″ northLongitude
32.88824° or 32° 53′ 18″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VQQ+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 263544811OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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