ASWAN - WHERE EGYPT BEGINS – We landed after dark in Aswan, so it wasn't until dawn the next morning when we could get our first look at the city. In antiquity, Aswan was considered the “front door” of Egypt because the Egyptians always oriented themselves to the south toward the source of the Nile.

ASWAN - WHERE EGYPT BEGINS – We landed after dark in Aswan, so it wasn't until dawn the next morning when we could get our first look at the city. In antiquity, Aswan was considered the “front door” of Egypt because the Egyptians always oriented themselves to the south toward the source of the Nile.