Photos taken by tjjohn
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Train ferry in the valley iof Kings
Half the turists may not go upto the tombs if they did not have this tired ferries form the bus stand. We are told they employed donkeys to ferry tourists into the valley of kings some decades ago.
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Ramses builds but Nasser rebuilds
Pharaoh Ramses of ancient Egypt built the great Abu Simbel temple but the modern architect of Egypt Nasser built the Aswan high dam. The two could not live together for the Nile revolted and threatened to sdrown the temple, So Nasser with the help of UNESCO cut up the orginal temple and rebuilt it at a higher location by constructing an artificial mountain to house the temple. The Abu Simbel temple is on the other side of this mountain
- Date: 13 September 2007
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- Location: Egypt: gallery
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Cruise in the night
A view of the road from Luxor to Aswan on the bank of the Nile. taken from the cruise ship as it approaches Aswan.
- Date: 13 September 2007
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Sun rise
This sun rise was taken on the 270 Kms of desert road from Aswan to Abu Simbel
- Date: 13 September 2007
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Karnak temple complex
A view of the Karnak temple complex
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A panaromic view of the valley of Kings
No one can halt a thief from stealing but the ancient egyptians thought they can and dug out caves in these mountains that looked like pyramids and buried their God kings in them in the belief that their bodies will remain intact till resurrection. There are over 18 tombs in this valley of kings and the tomb of the famous boy pharaoh Tutankhamun is also located here.
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The colossus that sang
The colossus on the right is said to have emitted strange sounds in the morning and the ancient greeks looking for an explanation picked up the name of memnon who was killed by Achilles.Memnon is said to have cried at the sightnof his mother , the sun rising everry day. The two statues are of the same person Pharaoh Amenophis III and adoprned a mortury temple of the Pharaoh.
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Bibliotheca Alexandrina
This modern library was built in the site of the original Alexandrian library founded in the 300 BC and said to be the largest in the world at that point of time. The original was destroyed completely by one of the Caesars according to our tour Egyptian tour guide.However there is considerable controversy about who was responsible for the destruction.
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Nubian Entertainer
Nubians,we discovered, were the friendliest people in the world. Here a Nubian boat boy is entertaining tourists with a song while sailing is boat also known as a felucca.
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Abu Simbel
This 3000 year old temple carved in sandstone was shifted to its new site when the Aswan high dam was constructed in the sixties. An engineering accomplishment as impressive as the original architects of 1244 BC
- Date: 8 September 2007
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- Location: Egypt: gallery
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Re built Philae Temple
This temple in Aswan was dismantled stone by stone from its original site and shifted to a higher level when the Aswan high dam was built during the 1960s.
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Water clock
Our pretty tour guide explaining the working of an ancient Egyptian water clock. I recommend it strongly to punish those who keep poor time except me.
- Date: 8 September 2007
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Mask O Anubis
Priests wearing the mask of Anubis (Described variously including the guardian and protector of the dead )are usually present during the embalming process . Here Saro is trying out one such mask. Her next stop should be the embalming table
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Shawling on the Nile
A friendly Egyptian villager displays his shawl to tourists in our cruise. He wished us a happy time in Egypt despite his inability to sell a single item to any of us in the cruise. Commendable spirit
- Date: 8 September 2007
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- Location: Egypt: gallery
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Invasion on the Nile
Villagers on the banks of the Nile row over to a Nile cruise ship of tourists to sell their ware
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Under Horus
Saro protected by the falcon headed God Horus
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We three
The three of us are a mystery even to ourselves
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Sarcophagus of Amen Hotep
Inspecting to check if there is enough room for the two of us. This Sarcophagus was carved out of solid granite transported from Aswan some 700 Kms away and once belonged to Amen Hotep 1290 -1224 BC. AMEN
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Enter the Pyramid
Entry in to this pyramid costs around $20. The passage is dark,hot ,humid and narrow. No photography.Dave tells me there is no way he can persuade Jenny to go inside that shaft no matter what was at the other end. Bassem of New Star Egypt tour guide says he does not want to die early by entering the Pyramid with every tourist he guides.
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Djosers's stepped pyramid
"The one that comes in Peace" ( Imhotep) built this pyramid some 4600 years ago for his King Djoser. This should be an inspiration to all Architects,Doctors,Scribes,Sages,Poets,Astrologers for Imhotep was all of these.
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Breakfast before anything
A heavy breakfast before a trip to Memphis
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Mr.Bassem
Friend Philosopher and guide
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Bas park
The distance between the bus park and the tombs is not much but the soaring temperatures can dissuade one to take a walk.
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Front view of hypostyle hall Karnak
This is another view of the Karnak temple hypostyle
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Largest hypostyle hall in the world
The Karnak hypostyle hall is said to be the largest in the world.