We had only 4 hours in which to see all of Aswan before having to head to the airport to catch a flight back to Cairo so we focused on 3 activities.

We started with the Temple of Philae. This temple is most interesting because it was moved from Philae Island to a new location after the construction of the first Aswan dam had submerged the island (and so the temple) for at least half of each year. When you see the size of the temple, it's remarkable that it could have been moved. To get to it, we took a motorboat to the island it is on. On the way, we recorded everyone's looks

including those of our boat driver where we had come from and where we were going We also enlisted Benjamin as our tour guide at one point.

Once on the island, we saw the temple in its granduer including an engraving that had been chiseled out The columns were once again of varied styles

including this one where the ankh and arrow were explained The engravings were impressive once again

and our guide worked our way through a few more hieroglyphics and we took a ceiling picture We also saw the largest blocks to be moved

The ride back gave us a chance for a last view of the temple and the old Aswan Dam Back on the shore we took the obligatory picture of the phone booth that had been taken over by the spice salesman

Next it was on to the new Aswan Dam where we took a picture of the river flowing north and a lot of pictures of people in our group from various angles

Our final stop was a fellucca ride on the Nile Our pictures are divided among scenes of the shore (black lines mark where the level was before the Dam) (notice engravings on rocks) (Cataract Hotel where they filmed Murder on the Nile) (temple at the Nubian Museum) (Aga Kahn's mansion) (side of the boat) and the collection

which are designed to give a sense of the experience.

We also took a lot of people photos

including some in profile

some misaimed