entering Luxor ( 2 miles from Karnak) |
two kings guard this entrance as well |
right side of entrance |
we start to see inside |
Inside Luxor |
The obelisk outside of Luxor |
a feel for the size of the walls |
same head straight on |
just a head |
statues inside Luxor |
incredible heirographic detail |
tutanhkahmen and his wife |
believed to be first Christian painting 400 AD in Luxor |
internal temple to Isis (in Luxor) built by Alexander the great |
example of a woman heiroglyphic |
We say goodbye to Luxor at Sundown |
the Avenue of the Sphinxes that went 3 miles between Karnak and Luxor |
the temple at night |
other side of the avenue |
Luxor at sunset |
Karnak at Night - we visit and sound & light show |
luxor at night - a very eerie place |
Sunrise on the Nile in Valley of the Kings |
riverboats arrive and hot air balloons go up |
riverboats arrive and hot air balloons go up |
more riverboats |
booloons igniting over the Valley of the Kings |
driving to Valley of Kings - Ramadan Ended this morning - jubilation in the streets |
locals visit cemetary for homage to the dead |
We arrive at the Valley of the Kings |
our first tomb - no photos allowed inside - sorry! |
diagram of tomb of Tutankhamen |
what Howard Carter discovered inside |
more |
The tomb of the only queen pharaoh Hatshepsut |
depicts Ramses III conquering Libya |
right side of Medinet Habue |
entrance to Ramses III temple - a funerary chapel |
columns and statues - many colorful writings remain |
symbols of conquered peoples, Asian, Arab, Western and African |
the great conquer - many tales to be told |
once everything was colored - only some remains |
one picture literally 1000 words |
Colosssi of Memnon |
these will be our last views of Egyptian antiquity |
we board a ferry to recross the Nile for our hotel |
shots of our traveling party on our last adventure together |
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Our guide Magdi and our ever-present security guard who never spoke to us |
propelling up the Nile |
Falucca - traditional sailboat of the Nile |
river boats with Luxor in the background |
Scenes of the Nile - river - white camel and bedouin shack |
scenes of the Nile |
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we reach our hotel - the Sonesta |
my last picture as our guide gets off the riverboat |
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