Aswan - ninemsn Encarta

Windows Live® Search Results

Aswan
The town of Aswan in Upper Egypt marked the southern boundary of Ancient Egypt. It is one of the most beautiful places in the country with the townlocated on the east bank and the ...
Aswan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aswan (formerly spelled Assuan), (in standard Arabic: أسوان ‎ Aswān) Egyptian: Swenet (trade), Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ Swān; Greek: Συήνη Syene; Spanish: Asuán) is a ...
Aswan, City of in Egypt
Aswan, City of in Egypt with info on weather, htoels, accommodations, lodging, night clubs, restaurants, the Nubia Museum, elephantine, Philae, Aga Khan, St. Simeon's Monastery ...

See all search results in
Windows Live® Search Results

Aswān (ancient Syene), city in southern Egypt, capital of Aswān Governorate, on the Nile near Lake Nasser. Under the pharaohs, Syene was an important city near quarries that furnished the granite for many Egyptian temples. The period of greatest prosperity, however, was under the Romans. Modern Aswān contains many ancient architectural remains. The city's industries use hydroelectricity produced at the nearby Aswān High Dam. The Higher Industrial Institute (1962) is in Aswān. Population 219,017 (1996).