Sometime around the start of the New Kingdom, the pharaohs realized that, maybe, just maybe, it might be a good idea to hide their tombs a bit better. I guess they finally figured out that building a giant pyramid that could be seen for miles to mark the spot where you had just buried yourself … Continue reading Adventure To The Valley Of The Kings
We had read and dreamed so much about Thebes, and it had always seemed so far away, that but for this delicate allusion to the promised sheep, we could hardly have believed we were really drawing nigh unto those famous shores. About ten, however, the mist was lifted away like a curtain, and we saw … Continue reading The Colossi Of Memnon
Encompassing over 430,556 square feet, the Dendera temple complex is massive and was a site of religious importance to the Ancient Egyptians as far back as Pharaoh Pepi I (ca. 2250 BC). However, the most impressive building dominating the site today is without doubt the Temple Of Hathor, which was built primarily during the Ptolemaic … Continue reading Explore The Temple Of Hathor At Dendera
Built by New Kingdom pharaoh Amenhotep III (1390-52 BC) and situated parallel to the banks of the Nile, right smack dab in the heart of modern day Luxor (the city would have been known as Thebes to the ancient Egyptians), Luxor Temple by night is a hauntingly magical and wonderfully atmospheric experience not to be … Continue reading Luxor Temple By Night
A relative labyrinth of temples, sanctuaries, kiosks, pylons, obelisks and statuary, the Karnak Temple Complex encompasses over 200 acres of land and is the second largest religious site in the world (the Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia is the largest). To give you some perspective here, that means you could fit about 10 cathedrals the … Continue reading The Karnak Temple Complex
Almost completely buried in the desert sands when French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette stumbled across the site in 1860, the temple at Edfu had been completely consumed by the village. The roof of the sanctuary area was covered in mud-brick houses, exposed parts of the temple were filled with stables and storehouses, and the inner chambers … Continue reading Exploring Edfu Temple
“Simon and Linnet Doyle set off on their expedition to Philae about eleven o’clock the following morning. Jacqueline de Bellefort, sitting on the hotel balcony, watched them set off in the picturesque sailing boat.” Agatha ChristieDeath On The Nile Dedicated to the goddess Isis, the temple on Philae island was one of the very last … Continue reading Discovering Philae Temple
High above the clifftops opposite modern-day Aswan, lie some of the oldest tombs in all of Egypt. With the majority of the tombs dating from the Old & Middle kingdoms, the site features some of the best-preserved tomb paintings from this period that you will probably see on your trip outside of a museum. And, … Continue reading Exploring The Tombs Of The Nobles In Aswan
