Nubian Museum

The Nubian Museum (officially the International Museum of Nubia) is an archaeological Museum situated in Aswan, Nubian Museum was designed by an Egyptian architect called Mahmoud El Hakim for an estimated construction cost of LE 75 million, Dedicated to Nubian culture and civilization.

In 1959, and after the High Dam was built in Aswan, the Egyptian government appealed to the UNESCO seeking help to salvage the monumental sites in Nubia, hence the area between Aswan and the Sudan was submerge by the Nile waters, The UNESCO was encouraged to build the Nubian Museum.

The idea of building the museum came in an effort to save the Nubian culture, antiquities, and history. The Museum is built on a steep cliff, which enables it to embody a full scale design for the Nile River from its origins in Ethiopia and Sudan to Egypt.