| The Nile here has not the wild and imposing aspect which it assumes lower down, between Aswan and Philae. |
| The building is clad in Aswan granite engraved with calligraphic inscriptions representing the world civilizations. |
| Aswan is home of the Nubians, a dark skinned people, related to the people of the north of the Sudan. |
| The Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan, built in 1899, stands at the site of the first cataract, or waterfall, of the Nile. |
| The streets of central Cairo, Luxor and Aswan are more secure for the ambler than those in the inner-city regions of many Western capitals. |
| Now it was just a hop on an internal flight from Luxor to Aswan and on to the banks of the Nile and lake Nasser. |
