Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramses II) Luxor

West Bank, Luxor , Nile River Valley, Egypt

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    A Dick Amongst Eunuchs

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    "All aboard the love boat, c'mon darling, smile you’re on candid camera" an Egyptian trying to impersonate a cockney accent shouted through a loud speaker.

    OK, this is a bad dream. Turn over and get another hours sleep I thought.

    “Smile your all on Candid Camera” the voice shouted again.

    At this point, …

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    Luxor's West Bank

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    I woke up feeling awful, with what appeared to be a full-blown cold: a very sore throat, congestion, body aches, and a headache -- not exactly the perfect recipe for a holiday. Some drugs and a shower later, I was feeling somewhat better, so we went to the restaurant upstairs for breakfast overlooking the Nile. We filled up on carbs and made a game …

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    West Bank

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    ... first, Medinet Habu, the site of Ramses 3s funerary temple, then to Valley of the Queens, Tombs of the Nobles at Gurna, Ramesseum, Deir El Medina workers village, and the temple of Seti 1. Medinet Habu and Ramses 3s temple was fairly quiet, a few ...

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    4am Wednesday 28th November

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    ... down and you brush the tops of the sugarcane, growing on the fields. Taking us back up, we get a fine view of the Ramesseum and Hathepshuts temples, upwards over Gurna, peeking into the Valley of the Nobles making altitude all the time so we can get a ...

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    Thebes: Then and Now

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    ... .  We marveled at the colorful tomb walls, with their human-sized reliefs of gods of the underworld and elsewhere. At the Ramesseum, a few local girls were selling dolls.  "Did you make that?"  "Yes! My mommy helped me," she replied ...

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    The West Bank

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    ... of the spirit of the god-king, would have been viewed as a source of support and protection. Before the entrance to the Ramesseum's hypostyle hall rests the head of one of the two colossal black granite statues of the king which once stood here. The ...

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    Luxor - a lazy day then back to the west bank

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    ... us into beyond the fence into the old roman ruins and showed us a grave pit with skeletons of a whole family.  The Ramesseum was a great temple to visit as it is compact and has some impressive features.  The giant colossus of Ramses was, when ...

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    Valley of the Kings...

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    ... the whistling statue was "restored", but it never "sighed" again-it did however, retain the name.   Next up was the Ramesseum: another site devoted to Ramses II, who was a prolific builder, it is believed that this would have competed with the ...

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    Luxor and the Valley of the Kings

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    ... terrorists massacred 58 foreign tourists and 4 Egyptian, which accounted for the considerable numbers of armed guards around. Nearby, the Ramesseum of Ramsess II, while it had clearly been magnificent, was in a deidedly poor state of repair, with a ...

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    Luxor - Hot Air ballooning

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    ... coffee and sweet cake to wake us up.  Then a short ride across the river and a van ride to just east of the Ramesseum.  When we arrived there were a lot of balloons in various states of inflation.  Ours was only being pulled out so we had ...

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    Trust in Hoda

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    ... Intrepid aeronauts; then to the Colossi of Memnon.  Along the way, Hoda pointed out the ruins of Ramses II memorial temple, Ramesseum.  Unlike some of his other structures/temples, this site has been ravaged by the march of time.  Also, ...

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    Dream Baloon

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    ...  ! Les mots risquent de me manquer... Nous avons survoler, le temple d' Hatchepsout, de RamsesII (le Ramesseum), la vallée des reines... Pouuuuufffff ! Splendide ! Wunderbar, wonderful,formidaire, extraordinable !!!! Sensation ...