![]() Swenett is supposed to have derived its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name. History Īswan is the ancient city of Swenett, later known as Syene, which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south. The Nubians also call the city Dib which means " fortress, palace" and is derived from the Old Nubian name ⲇⲡ̅ⲡⲓ. ![]() Names in other languages include ( Arabic: أسوان, romanized: ʾAswān Ancient Egyptian: Swenett Coptic: Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ, romanized: Souan Ancient Greek: Συήνη, romanized: Suēnē proposed Biblical Hebrew: סְוֵנֵה Sǝwēnê). Aswan joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2017.Īswan was formerly spelled Assuan or Assouan. The city is part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the category of craft and folk art. The city's Nubian Museum is an important archaeological center, containing finds from the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia prior to the Aswan Dam's flooding of all of Lower Nubia. The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of Elephantine.Īswan includes five monuments within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (despite Aswan being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae) these are the Old and Middle Kingdom tombs of Qubbet el-Hawa, the town of Elephantine, the stone quarries and Unfinished Obelisk, the Monastery of St. Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to PhilaeĮgyptian Governorates, Northern Africa, African UnionĪswan ( / æ s ˈ w ɑː n, ɑː s-/, also US: / ˈ æ s w ɑː n, ˈ ɑː s-, ˈ æ z-/ Arabic: أسوان, romanized: ʾAswān Coptic: Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ Souan ) is a city in Southern Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate.Īswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract. ![]()
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