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history
of the black population of Egypt. This is a modern facility surrounded
by a beautiful water garden that comes as quite a surprise in this dusty
area. [see Places
to visit in Aswan]
Other major attractions are the botanical gardens on Kitchener's Island,
the Unfinished Obelisk and of course the Aswan High Dam which has transformed
the economy of Egypt in the last 50 years.
Aswan is also the staging point to see the temples of Philae and Abu
Simbel. These were amazingly rebuilt stone by stone when they were rescued
from being drowned
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Egypt
