Aswan is a city in the south of Egypt. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dams on the east bank of the Nile at the first Cataract . The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of Elephantine.
History
Aswan is the ancient city of Swenet , which in antiquity was the frontier town of Ancient Egypt facing the south.
Swenet is supposed to have derived its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name.
Swenet is supposed to have derived its name from an Egyptian goddess with the same name.
The city is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including Herodotus,,Strabo,Stephanus of Byzantium,
Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder,De architectura, and it appears on the Antonine Itinerary.It also is mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel and the Book of Isaiah .
The Nile is nearly 3,000 yards wide above Aswan.From this frontier town to the northern extremity of Egypt, the river flows for more than 750 miles (1,210 km)
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