Aswan - Cataract Hotel

Beyond this, in a magnificent situation on the banks of the Nile with a view of the island of Elephantine, stands the old Cataract Hotel, set in beautiful gardens reaching down to the river, with a spacious shady terrace and a swimming pool. Adjoining it is the modern New Cataract Hotel. To the east of the Cataract Hotel, on a granite rock below a stone wall of the Roman period, can be seen an inscription dating from the reign of Amenophis IV. On the right is Men, "Superintendent of Works", before an image of Amenophis III; to the left his son Bek, Chief Architect at Teliel-Amarna, before an image (defaced) of Amenophis IV, on which the sun's rays descend.