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Gulliver's Travels  -05/18/2020 Egypt Part 2 - Temples of the Nile

5/18/2020

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​   Temples of the Nile
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​  The Nile River, at 6132 miles empties into the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria, Egypt.  Without the Nile, there would be no Egypt, only the Sahara.  But by irrigating with it, Egypt was to become one of the first civilizations over 5000 years ago.  The numerous rulers of that civilization built countless temples, tombs, and other structures along the Nile century after century.  So many are in still in such good shape that it would take years to visit them all.  In two trips, I've only scratched the surface.  

  
On the east side of the Nile, two huge temples, the Temple of Amun at Karnak (of Johnnie Carson fame in Karnak the Magnificent) and Luxor, are almost worth the price of a plane ticket themselves.  But then on the west side of the Nile more are to be found.  The biggest attraction there is the Valley of the Kings, where the tombs of 26 pharaohs (kings) are.  All are deep underground in a valley amongst low, barren mountains.  I entered four of them, including that of King Tutankhamun (Tut).  

  I started touring the temples on the Nile in southern Egypt at Abu Simbel.  Then I traveled by car for 300 miles to the city of Luxor.

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Great Temple of Abu Simbel: This 103-foot high temple of the 13th Century, B.C., was to be submerged in the 1960s by the rising waters behind the new Aswan Dam. It was cut apart and moved 213 feet higher and 688 feet back to a new location.
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The left side of Abu Simbel
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Inside Abu Simbel
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The right side of Abu Simbel
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The Temple of Amun at Karnak, city of Luxor, built from 2000 B.C. to 1100 B.C.
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Luxor Temple, city of Luxor, built from 1550 B.C. to 1200 B.C
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Luxor Temple at night
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Medinet, Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, 1153 B.C.
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Medinet Temple
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, 1503-1482 B.C.
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Tomb of Ramose, visir (architect) of King Amenhotep III, at Deir Al-Medina
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Valley of the Kings
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Dale inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun (or King Tut), who reigned from 1336-1307 B.C., with his mummy
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Typical farm transport vehicle


 Next week's posting on Gulliver's Travels will cover my visit to the Sinai, a peninsula on the east side of Egypt.
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Katie kranjac
12/25/2020 10:04:12 pm

I’m enjoying all your beautiful pictures and interesting writing. You are so talented.

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