Aswan Museum

Aswan Museum

What is the Aswan Museum?

The Modern Annex of the Aswan Museum has Reopened with a wonderful Collection that you can see on Egypt travel packages This Collection includes weapons, pottery, vessels, statues, mummified bodies and coffins from pre dynastic times to The Roman era if you want to Explore it on your Egypt holiday packages These items are Housed in separate glass cases each Explaining a Different aspect of life on the island in ancient times. You can see these on your Egypt tours as they will make for an informative and memorable trip.

The Main part of the Aswan Museum Which is located in the villa of Sir William Willcocks (builder of the old Aswan Dam) is closed for restoration at the time of Writing. The villa was built in 1898 and became a museum in 1912 and houses Antiquities found in Aswan and Nubia. Although most of the Nubian artifacts that were rescued from the temples that were Flooded by Lake Nasser were moved to the Nubia Museum there are some beautiful artifacts here with English and Arabic labels that you can see on your Egypt vacation packages. To the right of the main entrance in a room of its own is the sarcophagus and mummy of a sacred ram the animal associated with Khnum which can be visited on Egypt luxury tours