Elephantine Island is considered one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Aswan. It is also of historical and strategic importance as it was the most important border fortifications of the country, as it was the link between Egypt and its neighbor in Sudan, and an important commercial center.

Its name is due to the ancient Egyptian language (Abu), which means elephant, either because it was a center for the ivory trade, or because the island takes the shape of an elephant’s tusk, as some believe, and the island had a deity, the god “Khnum” in the form of a ram’s head.

Elephantine Island has a unique geographic location and beautiful landscapes carried by the Nile. Many tourist attractions in Aswan meet with beauty and successive history from different eras, where the tourist enjoys visiting the temples of Thutmose III of the ancient state, the temple of Khnum, Avonis III, and the Greco-Roman cemetery, As for the rest of the monuments on the island, several articles will not suffice us to talk about them.