Mr. B and Me (Adventures in Saudi Arabia and beyond!)

Touring in Egypt
Page 2
(March 2005)

KARNAK TEMPLES at Luxor	A double row of ram's head sphinxs once lined the way between Karnak and the Luxor Temple	Temple of Ramses II
Scarab beetle statue - walk around it once for luck, three times for marriage, and seven times for a first child!	Sacred lake where the priests of Amon bathed for ritual purity	Mr. B with some of the ram's head sphinxs.
Obelisks of Tutmose I and Hatshepsut	LUXOR TEMPLE Here lit up with lights for the night ------>
VALLEY OF THE KINGS The trek to Valley of the Kings was made on donkey-back. I named my faithful steed "Paz" because he was calm and peaceful (until he got a whiff of a female donkey on the way back). After visiting several of the tombs we climbed the mountains above the tombs and walked along a ridge to the Worker's Village and in the process got a bird's eye view of the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Temple of Hatshepsut and the Ramesseum and other sites on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.	Me and Paz	On the heights on the west bank at Luxor
At the Valley of the Kings	Trekking over the hills
Overlooking the Temple of Hatshepsut	Workmen's Village where artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings lived	Colossi of Memnon
EDFU - Here is one of the most well-preserved of the ancient Egyptian temples. It is dedicated to the god Horus, depicted in the form of a falcon.
The temple at KOM OMBO - a double temple dedicated to both the crocodile god, Sobek, and to Horus
There is so much to do and see in the ASWAN area!
Heading out for St. Simon's Monastery on the west bank of the Nile.	After about a 40 minute camel trek, I arrived on my sure-footed steed, Oscar.	View across the ridge of the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan
Ruins of the St. Simon's Monastery	Overview of the monastery	Our guide demonstrating the "beds" in the monk's cell.
The Temple of Isis at Philae lies behind the old Aswan Dam. It was moved and reassembled on another nearby island in the Nile to prevent damage by the regular flooding resulting from the dam. These pictures were made at the Sound and Light Show one evening.
The temples at Abu Simbel have also been rescued from the waters. These temples lie behind the new Aswan High Dam and would have been submerged and lost forever. An international team worked to disassemble them and reassemble them on higher ground. We had to arise at 3am in order to be in the convoy headed for Abu Simbel - a 3 hour drive.		Beautiful sunrise in route to Abu Simbel
Temple of Ramses II dedicated to Amon-Ra, Harmakis, and Ptah	Temple of Nephertari dedicated to Hathor	At Abu Simbel overlooking Lake Nasser
The Aswan High Dam was begun in 1960 and completed in 1971. The dam has increased the cultivable land in the Nile valley by 30% and doubled the electric power output. It also created Lake Nasser - the worlds largest artificial lake - and displaced much of the Nubian population in the area.
A few more scenes around Aswan
Diorama at the Nubian Museum	Tombs of the Nobles - Felucca in the foreground	View from Kitchener's Island
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