Pictures of our trip to Luxor
Karnak temple / Luxor
temple / Memnon Kolossi / Valley
of the Kings / Temple / Nile
From hurghada, a 3 1/2 hour trip by bus or minivan
will take you to Luxor. We will not attempt at explaining the
history of all these sites, just pictures with a few comments.
Karnak
temple
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A general view of the open area of Karnak
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The obelsik dedicated to the bearded woman
pharao Hatshepsut.
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The 2 obelsiks of Karnak
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A view from where the Pharao's throne.
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Ramses ??
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Ramses?? with his main wife.They always
used to make the wife much smaller.
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A picture of the rare outdoors hieriglyphs
still having some colour.
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Modern day hieroglyphs..
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Luxor
Temple
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The entrance of the Luxor temple.
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One of the 2 guards of the entrance.
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Some hieroglyphs depicting Horus leading
a pharao to his afterlife.
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The
Memnon Kollossi
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The 2 Memnon Kollossi guarding a now non
existant temple. Ruins of the temple have the only Sphinx
with an crocodile head.
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One of the Kollossi with in the background
the burial grounds for the worker of the Valley of the Kings
and Queens.
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The
Valley of the Kings
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The entrance to King Tuthankhamon's tomb.
The summit of the mountain served as a Pyramid for the Tombs
of the Pharaos buried in the Valley.
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Another section of the Valley.
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The way to Ramses ??'s tomb.
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Queen
Hatshepsut's temple
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The impressive entrance.
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The temple from afar.
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The
Nile
Karnak temple / Luxor
temple / Memnon Kolossi / Valley
of the Kings / Temple / Nile
