The effects of the ancient Egyptians in Aswan are spreading in a difficult way to count, and the establishment of the Aswan Museum on Elephantine Island was one of the attempts to annex a number of ancient monuments in one place where the choice was made for the villa of William Wilcox, one of the engineers who supervised the construction of the ancient Aswan Dam, and during Excavation work required for the construction of the High Dam. Numerous monuments from various eras have been discovered and have been combined with the museum's holdings.

In the vicinity, the Aswan Museum includes the temple of Khnum, a statue of the god of Khnum in the shape of a ram head, many Nubian monuments and relics from Elephantine Island, and ancient relics dating back to prehistoric times, which made it one of the most prominent tourist attractions in Aswan.