[ noun ] an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby <noun.location>
In high season you take what you can get when you fly into Aswan in the middle of the night without a reservation. My bed sags.
Beckington praised as well-managed the project to improve the power station at the Aswan High Dam, to which the agency is contributing $140 million.
The steamer Nubia was sailing from Aswan to Luxor on Wednesday when the storm hit and it capsized and sank.
The Middle East News Agency said Mubarak welcomed Gadhafi in the southern resort city of Aswan, 580 miles south of Cairo.
Before the recent study, Mr. Hawass said, it was assumed the statue was deteriorating because of changes in the underground water table, caused by the Aswan High Dam's regulation of the Nile River's flow.
The removal of topsoil began in the early 1970s after the High Dam at Aswan went into operation and held back flood waters bearing tons of silt that originally was used in the brick industry.
Before the recent study, Hawass said, it was assumed the statue was deteriorating due to changes in the underground water table, caused by the Aswan High Dam's regulation of the Nile River's flow.
Egyptian security forces promised a war to the death against Moslem militants after killing 16 suspects in an assault on a mosque in the tourist town of Aswan and eight raids in Cairo.
From Luxor, Cairo and Aswan, it is possible to do all the major sites with guides hired through local companies, or to do the sites alone.
But the people of Aswan, swathed in heavy turbans and thick cotton gowns, are as hardy as they are sociable.