Islamic Cemetery
Islamic Cemetery is a cemetery in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Islamic Cemetery is situated nearby to Nubian Museum, as well as near Unfinished obelisk.- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Aswan, Egypt
- Also known as: “Fatimid Cemetery” and “Fatimid Cemetery in Aswan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nubian Museum and Unfinished obelisk.
Nubian Museum
Museum
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The Nubian Museum is an archaeological museum in Aswan, Upper Egypt. It was built in 23 November 1997 following the UNESCO International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia. Nubian Museum is situated 300 metres northwest of Islamic Cemetery.
Unfinished obelisk
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. Unfinished obelisk is situated 410 metres east of Islamic Cemetery.
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".
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 3 km south of Islamic Cemetery.
Islamic Cemetery
- Categories: historic site and burial
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.07791° or 24° 4′ 41″ northLongitude
32.89156° or 32° 53′ 30″ eastOpen location code
7GPJ3VHR+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 43158461OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q18915139
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tatar—“Islamic Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المقابر الفاطمية (أسوان)”
- Arabic: “المقابر الفاطمية”
- French: “cimetière fatimide”
- French: “Cimetière fatimide”
- German: “Fatimidenfriedhof in Assuan”
- German: “Fatimidenfriedhof”
- German: “Islamischer Friedhof”
- Tatar: “Асуандагы Фатимид зираты”
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