Home Timeline Geography Search Sources Links Info+Contact Forum 548994 visitors since may 8, 2005 NAVIGATE Overall Index Africa Egypt Places Cities in Egypt Abu Abu (Elephantine) ivory Egyptian name for the isle and dwelling of Elephantine in the Nile river near the First Cataract. Named after its famous rock formations looking like elephants' backs. write a comment or suggest a text, search on Google this entry was last changed Nov 10, 2005 SWJ 2020, no rights reserved