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Golden Palace Luxor

Television Street Luxor, Nile River Valley, 856856, Egypt

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Karnak, Luxor and Pool Boys

A travel blog entry by catherine647

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... places where the Coptic christians defaced the temple to "coptify" it, and stop locals from worshiping the ancient gods. Later, Moslems built a mosque in the temple. It was an edifice to suit all needs. ;)

The last part of our day was spent poolside. This is the part TT loved best. Parents had to rotate while TT turned into a shrivelled prune.

We walked into the centre of town, initially harassed by ...

Up, Up and Away And Down With An Insurance Scam

A travel blog entry by kevscott11385

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... No similarities there then. But it would be wrong to say that Jesus was a simple copy of Horus. Far from it. The myths about Jesus are lifted from a number of so called pagan Gods. Hindu God Krishna’s father for example was a carpenter who was away from home paying taxes when he was born. Persian god Mithras was known as The Good Shepherd and the way, the truth and the light.” Followers also had a Eucharist where they drank wine and eat bread to symbolize the body of Mithras. ...

Along the Nile

A travel blog entry by rtwma

... the Esnu locks and the tactic of those sellers were very unique. They would throw whatever they were selling in plastic bags to the top of the cruise boat. You open it up and throw it back if you dont like it. If you do, he will throw up another bag, you put your money inside and throw it back. It was fun!

We had a disco party that night which mainly comprised our tour group. Nonetheless it was fun and another great evening in ...

Luxor

A travel blog entry by j.knudsen

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... Cleopatra, der er ganske nyt.

- Indkvarteringen her overstiger langt mine forventninger i forhold til den beskedne pris. Nasser bærer min rygsæk op på tredje sal, hvor jeg skal bo. Jeg erfarer senere at det er ham der ejer hotellet.

Jeg indtager et sent måltid på tagterassen, hvor der er et fantastisk view til the mountain of Thebes, der er oplyst af projektører her om aftenen. Lige bag de lave bjerge er Kongernes Dal, hvor ...

Floating over the west Bank

A travel blog entry by leone_and_mike

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... and towels for us to buy. They tied their boats to us and were towed along for a while. Even when we got to the lock, they put their small boats inside an enclosed area and climbed up to run along the lock as we were going through. Going this way you are raised up, the gates at the other end are opened and you continue sailing along the Nile. Dinner at 7:30, napped in our room, then arrived at Edfu around 9-9:30. Mike and I went out to find internet and have some tea.

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