Temples and tombs
I have now arrived in the seaside town of Dahab after a very, very long bus ride.
My days in Luxor and Aswan were spent wandering the streets and going to the many ancient sites- temples and tombs. Sometimes seeing so much history in a day can be overwhelming, but it helps to just pick out the details from a place.
I really enjoyed the Temple of Karnak. Huge and sprawling, it had been added on to by various pharoahs for over 1500 years. I didn’t have a guide or even read the guidebook but just got lost in time among the countless pillars, arches, steps, walls, and hidden rooms.
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Carrying food offerings!
I really love paying attention the the different wall carvings and heiroglyphs. I even found out that there’s a letter shaped like a slug:
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My favorite Egyptian god is Horus, the falcon:
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In Dahab there aren’t any ancient historical sites open to the public, but there’s a whole coast to be dove and snorkelled! I’m in for a relaxing 5 days.
Tags: Egypt, Travel
afretheim
November 6th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Sweet….Dahab is so nice. (and a great place to dive).
Bluehole is good adrenaline, and the Thisslegorm WW2 shipwreck is the one that really messed me up – be careful! 🙂
November 29th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Horus is your fave?? C’mon, Horus? Surely, Anubis is the man…