I have to admit, it was somewhat hard to enjoy our visit to Esna because I was ready to get the show on the road and see where we’d be staying for the next five days (and who we’d be Read More
Author: Amanda
Temple of Khnum, Esna
Only the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Khnum at Esna has been excavated; the rest is still buried underneath people’s homes, shops, and mosques and forgotten by time. It is the most immediately evident feature of Esna– you have Read More
Egypt Trip, Part 3.1: Esna
I know what you’re thinking: the adventure hadn’t started yet? And the answer is no, no it has not. We had originally planned to do a short, five or seven day trip to Egypt. The epic-ness escalated because after examining Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Sobek, Man with the Crocodile Head
Old, Ancient, and Ancient-er at Luxor Temple
Old: Islam spread to Egypt not long after the times of Mohammed. This is a 13th century mosque, which was built on an earlier Christian church, which was unwittingly built on the top of the buried Luxor Temple. You can see Read More
The Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak
The most spectacular–and hardest to capture fully in photographs– element of Karnak is the Great Hypostyle Hall, built in the 12th century BC. The hall covers an area 54,000 square feet. It is an ancient colossus: it consist of 134 Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Baboons at Medinet Habu
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Karnak Temple
After a rather epic first day of touring Luxor, we woke up bright and early for an abbreviated day of East Bank exploring. Our day two agenda included Karnak Temple, the Luxor Museum, and the Luxor Temple. The great necropolis Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Goddess Sekhmet at Medinet Habu
Look on my Works, ye Mighty
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and Read More