Private tour to Kalabsha Temple and Nubian Museum

Explore two of Aswan’s most famous sites, the Kalabsha Temple and the Nubian Museum. The Temple of Kalabsha which was built around 30 BC at the beginning of Roman times, on the site of a much older temple and the Nubia Museum which houses monuments and objects of culture and the Nubian civilization, inaugurated on November 23, 1997.

Your Egyptologist guide will take care of your cruise on the Nile or your hotel in Aswan to visit Kalabsha Temple and the Nubia Museum in Aswan. Start by visiting the temple of Kalabsha. When the high dam was built between 1960-1970, a number of ancient temples were transferred to an island near Aswan. The most important monument is the temple of Kalabsha, dedicated to the Nubian god Mandaulis, the temple was originally located 50 km south of Aswan. It was built around 30 BC. JC. at the beginning of the Roman era, on the site of a much older temple.

Continue to visit the Nubian Museum, a showcase of the history, art and culture of the Nubian civilization. The museum was created in 1997, in collaboration with UNESCO, it recalls what was lost under Lake Nasser. The museum presents artifacts, objects to begin with prehistory with the kingdom of Kush and Meroe. The exhibitions of Coptic and Islamic art lead to a description of the massive UNESCO project to remove the most important historical monuments of Nubia from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, following the construction of the Aswan High Dam. . Then transfer back to your hotel / Nile cruise in Aswan