Historic site · Egypt
Fatimid Cemetery of Aswan
المقابر الفاطمية
One of the oldest Muslim cemeteries, on Aswan's east side, with early domed mausoleums from the Fatimid period.
Where it is
24.0779, 32.8916
Why go
On the eastern side of Aswan lies one of the oldest cemeteries of the Muslim world, used from the second century of the Hijra until the Mamluk period. The dry climate preserved its two burial grounds, northern and southern. Builders here made Egypt’s first attempts at raising domes over mausoleums in Fatimid times, so the field of domes is an early chapter of Islamic funerary architecture. Named shrines include the dome of the seventy-seven walis and the mashhads of al-Sharif Hassan and Sayyida Aamna.
Near Fatimid Cemetery of Aswan
Museum
Nubian Museum
Aswan’s Nubian Museum presents the archaeology, history and living traditions of Nubia.
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Monument
Unfinished Obelisk
A giant obelisk abandoned in an ancient Aswan granite quarry after cracks appeared, still lying where it was cut.
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Archaeological site
Temple of Isis (Aswan town)
A small, roofed Ptolemaic temple of Isis on Aswan's east bank, later used as a church; not the Philae temple.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Archaeological site
Elephantine archaeological site
Excavated ancient town on Elephantine Island in Aswan, with temples of Khnum and Satet, a Nilometer and a site museum.
1 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ