Aswan

visiting the lovely landmarks of Aswan and to start of with:

The High Dam actually The aim of this water project was to prevent the river's flooding, generate electricity and provide water for agriculture. Without impoundment, the River Nile would flood each year during summer, as waters from East Africa flowed down the river as they did in ancient times. These floods brought nutrients and minerals that made the soil around the Nile fertile and ideal for farming. As the population along the river grew, there came a need to control the flood waters to protect and support farmland and cotton fields. In a high-water year, the whole crop might be entirely wiped out, while in a low-water year there was widespread drought and famine.

The Unfinished Obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk, located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan (Assuan), Egypt. It was ordered by Queen Hatshepsut conmemorating her 16th anniversary on the throne. It is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished it would have measured around 42 m (120 feet) and would have weighed nearly 1,200 tons. The unfinished obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques, with marks from workers' tools still clearly visible as well as ocher-colored lines marking where they were working.

The Temple of Philae was dismantled and relocated to an nearby island when the building of the Aswan Dam threatened to flood the site, in favor of UNESCO organization the temple has been rescued. Also Philae is being accounted one of the burying-places of Osiris, so Philae was so much resorted to by pilgrims to the tomb of Osiris. Then you will have the Lunch on board, while the cruise is sailing to Kom Ombo.