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Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple
... it is considered one of the most important tourism spots in Egypt and maybe in the whole world. First stop was the Luxor Temple.
The Luxor Temple is easily identified from the front because it has only one obelisk, Rameses II originally erected two obelisks at its entrance. The other obelisk was given to King Louis V in 1874 in exchange for a clock that no longer works, and now stands in the Concorde Square in Paris. The obelisk ...
Kings and Queens
... peace to complete the hike from the cliffs back down to the Temple.
The Temple of Hatshepsut is one of my favorite places in Egypt. Its been heavily rebuilt in modern times. But I love its proportions and extraordinary setting nestled at the bottom of the cliffs. Hatshepsut was the wife of Pharoah Thutmose II. Upon his death, she took the throne, significantly upsetting the “rightful” heir Thutmose III (born ...
Cruising on the Nile
... is sick he said "you outside" and the house is always clean. Even though we were all joking I'm pretty sure that is close to how things work in his house. Not many men have multiple wives here as you have to be able to support them and the country is so poor, but I think among the men who can afford it polygamy is quite common. Being a liberated working western woman the idea makes me sick but i guess if the alternative is starvation and ...
How to bargain with a liar!
... he said '120 EGYPTIAN pounds'. Hassan had warned us that some touts say pounds, which you of course presume to be Egyptian pounds - exchange rate is about 5 Egyptian pounds to the NZ dollar for those of you playing at home. According to Hassan, they will claim to mean English pounds (why would you in a country that doesnt deal in English pounds) or Nubian pounds (no such thing). Well, once I realised this guy had conned me, I threw his bag down on ...
A Day of Heat and Antiquities
... two others, those of the sons of Ramses III. These sons' names were Kha-em-Weset and Amen-Hir-Khopshef. Both tombs featured many painted and carved scenes showing people, including the princes, wearing their hair in a side-lock. This was a style worn by children and thus the estimate is that these two princes died young.
Inside the tomb of Amen-Hir-Khopshef we also peered into a glass case holding the body of a tiny mummified fetus. The story goes that when ...
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