Elephantine Island is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Aswan.It is also of historical and strategic importance as it was the most important border forts of the country, and 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 the center of the ivory trade, or because the island takes the form of tusk elephant as likely some, and the island had an idol is the god "Khnum" in the form of the head of the ram.
Elephantine Island has a unique geographical location and breathtaking scenery carried by the Nile River, where many tourist attractions in Aswan meet with beauty and successive history from different eras, where tourists enjoy visiting the temples of Tuthmosis III of the Old Kingdom, the Temple of Khnum, Avonis III, and the Greco-Roman cemetery, The rest of the monuments on the island will not suffice for several articles to talk about.
