Egypt Moblog #10 – Egyptian Museum, Al Azhar Mosque and Khan Al Khaleeli
Filed in Travel, November 26, 2007, 2:11 pm by SukumarTweetToday morning we reached the famous Egyptian Museum with our guide Ms. Marwah. The Egyptian Museum has over 120, 000 pharoanic artifacts and has been operational since 1902. Our first stop was before the Narmer Palette – this palette is from 3200 BC commemorating the unification of upper and lower egypt by Narmer (a.k.a Menes). […]
Egypt Moblog #9 – Citadel, Church of St. Sergius, Ben Ezra Synagogue
Filed in Travel, , 12:15 pm by SukumarTweetYesterday afternoon we reached Cairo from Luxor. We first went to the Citadel – one of the largest fortresses in this part of the world built on a plateau that has a beautiful view of Cairo. The fortress was built by Saladin, one of the greatest Islamic kings around 1176 AD to protect Cairo from […]
Egypt Moblog #8 – Temples of Karnak, Luxor Temple and Luxor MUseum
Filed in Travel, , 11:18 am by SukumarTweetSorry I couldn’t write since I wasn’t feeling too well the past 3 days. Day before yesterday, we went to the Temples at Karnak. Our guide Ikram has 27 years experience as a tour guide. She was amazing. Temples of Karnak, one could say, was the spiritual extravaganza of the ancient egyptians. It is so […]
Egypt Moblog #7 – Temple of Hathepshut, Colossi of Memnon + Mummification Museum
Filed in Travel, November 24, 2007, 1:01 pm by SukumarTweetYesterday after the Valley of Kings, we visited the Temple of Hathepshut. It is dated to 1400 BC and the facade is remarkably well preserved. It has 2 chapels on either side – one for goddess Hathor, the cow goddess and the other for Anubis, the jackal god. . Hathepshut was a queen who ruled […]
Egypt Moblog #6 – Temple of Khnum and the Valley of the Kings at Luxor
Filed in Travel, November 23, 2007, 1:09 pm by SukumarTweetYesterday afternoon we visited the Temple of Khnum. Khnum is one of the creator gods who shaped his creations of mankind using a potter’s wheel. He’s also represented by a ram head (ram head is also one of the 3 symbols of Ra, the sun god). This is a temple from the Greco-Roman period as […]
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