The world-famous High Dam was an engineering miracle when it was built in the 960s. It contains 18 times the material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Originally conceived to Egypt’s irrigation of farmland to mitigate against drought and famine in low water years, and flooding in high-water years.

Continue by motorboat to the island of Philae, View the gleaming White Temple of Philae, which is dedicated to the goddess Isis and was considered to be the most sacred temple among the whole ones by both Egyptians and Nubians peoples so this is because God Osiris was buried on the island where the temple stood. Osiris, one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. This dual role was in turn combined with the Egyptian concept of divine kingship: the king at death became Osiris, God of the underworld; and the dead king's son, the living king, was identified with Horus, a god of the sky.

Move to The unfinished Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, the largest known ancient obelisk .it is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished it would have measured around 42 m (120 feet) and would have weighed nearly 1,200 tons and a very good practical demonstration of the methods used by ancient craftsmen to create impressive moments.