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World's largest temple and Luxor surroundings
Christmas day once again brought us more temples - this time the largest temple in the world - "Karnak Temple" for the sun god Amun Rah. The first thing that gets you as soon as you enter this temple is its sheer size. The temple property is a whopping 60 acres and has been developed over several centuries B.C. by various kings and queens of Egypt. Here, we also started to get a taste of how much tourism there really is ...
Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam
... Mohammad and Mr. Ahmed for the 100 kilometer journey South from Luxor to Edfu.
Edfu is a small town, equidistant between Luxor and Aswan, notable as being the first overnight stop for many of the cruise boats heading south. Clearly a number were in port because as soon as we had crossed the bridge over the Nile and entered the centre of the town, it was awash with caleche drivers ferrying tourists around. Most of whom were being taken to where I was going, the Temple of Horus.
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Valley of the Kings
... dropping thing we experienced.
That night a few of us visited Luxor Temple at night which was beautiful. I loved the shadows in the temple and there is a lane leading up to the temple flanked by seated lions with the head of the Pharaoh on it. It was very cool at night and we really enjoyed it.
We then got ready for yet another overnight train back to ...
Kongernes Dal mm
... de mange tusinde effekter i graven pågik gennem de næste 10 år.
Det var overraskende for mig, at dalområdet forekom mig at være så relativt lille. Der er registreret og udgravet 63 grave, som synes at være placeret ganske tilfældigt. Vi besøgte 3 grave den dag. Alle udsmykket med et væld af inskriptioner med opskrifter og gode ønsker for rejsen til efterlivet.
Tirsdag besøger vi templerne i Luxor og ...
Floating over the west Bank
... us back to the travel shop where we got out and the guy took us down to the feluccas. Met the owner of the felucca and the captain. We slowly made our way out of the dock area by the captain pushing us along the boats docked nearby. Damian and the captain rowed for a bit. There was no wind so we waited for a small tug boat who towed us across the Nile where we stopped on the bank near a small village. We had no bait so the captain went off to get some. We hopped off ...


