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# Nilometer · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Nilometer

Dating back to 861, the Nilometer is a large stone obelisk, now inside a small building, that was used to measure the level of the Nile was measured and therefore the tax rates for the farmers fixed.

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![Nilometer](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6ZF2DATFAPVKWB3FBP1RZBV) Photo: Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAssuan_Elephantine_Nilometer_12.JPG) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)

- [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=30.007392&mlon=31.225043#map=16/30.007392/31.225043)
- **Admission not confirmed**check before you go

## Why go

The Nilometer became obsolete when the Aswan Dam was built. While this may not sound particular specular, the interior of the small building is surprisingly beautiful. It reminds of the endless staircase by graphic artist M.C. Escher and is an archaeological gem, whose stairs you can climb down if acrophobia is not your issue.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Cairo/Old_Cairo)

## How to visit

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## See it live

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