Archaeologists from Egypt and Italy have discovered at least 34 mummies in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan. The remains date back to the late Pharaonic and Greco-Roman period, between the 6th ...

A visit to Aswan’s quarries and Elephantine Island reveals precision-cut granite, unexplained scooping marks, and test shafts that defy standard ancient tool theory. Experts on-site dismiss the ...

With Its souks beside the banks of the Nile, Aswan is Egypt's historic gateway to the south. The city’s Nubian heritage lives on in local dialects and the alluring Philae Temple.

New tombs discovered at Gebel Al-Silsila area in Aswan continue to change perceptions of the nature and role of this ancient Egyptian quarry On the northern side of Gebel Al-Silsila in Aswan, the ...