Elephantine Island

About the Site

Elephantine Island, in the Nile at Aswan, was the town at Egypt's southern frontier in pharaonic times and a centre of the ivory trade, which may explain its name.

Explore the ruins of the Temple of Khnum, a Nilometer used to measure the river's flood, the Aswan Museum and colourful Nubian villages.

Visiting tips

Take the public ferry or a felucca from the Corniche.

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