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. . . .We pass by feluccas moored at Elephantine Island as we take the short but enjoyable ferry ride from the hotel where our cruise ship is docked, to downtown Aswan. Evidence of the islands ancient importance can be seen even at this distance, as ruined walls and foundations come into view. . . . . .This is the Island of the
ram-god, Khnum, the "Lord of Cool Waters". Legend has it that
the Nile bubbled up from the underworld to form two
whirlpools, deep in caverns on this island. It was
Khnum who send half its flow to the north and half to
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