A very cool lion that was protecting the Pharoah on one wall.
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A wall of hieroglyphs showing the Pharoah making an offereing to the Gods. This temple was particularly dedicated to the God with the Alligator head. There was even a mummified alligator in one of the smaller temples on site.
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A pillar at Kom Ombo showing the remains of the colours that it used to be.
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And then back on the Fellucca. This is the group - all eight of us.
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Cruising the Nile.
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The riverbank.
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Us swimming in the Nile, behind the boat. It was great - very clean and lovely and cold.
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Sunset over the banks of the Nile - aw!
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And we made it to Edfu.
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This is me with a statue of the God Horus (an eagle). Horus was a really important God and leads to the story of the evil eye (also an important legend in Turkey). Horus lost his eye in battle against his evil uncle God Seth (Horus won) and since then an eye, particularly a blue one, is considered protective against evil.
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And at the sacred altar.
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Details of heiroglyphs. A bee (particularly for those of you that study bees)
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And a bird.
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Some more pillars and coloured hieroglyphs.
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The "bus" station at Edfu. We arrived by a more conventional bus, but did get to travel by horse and cart to Karnak in Luxor.
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Karnak temple in Luxor. A row of rams (symbolising another God, Amun - confusingly the Sun God) used to line the entranceway to the temple.
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A close up of one of the rams. Between it's front feet is a smaller staute of a Pharoah (generic rather than a particular one) that it is protecting.
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Ceiling detail at Karnak temple. This temple is huge, covering 67 acres of ground. It was built by a whole selection of Kings and Pharoahs until about 200 AD when it was abandoned.
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Ceiling detail at Karnak. This temple was also mainly built by Ramses II (about 1500 BC) although was added to by others and repairs were also done by the Ptolomies - they had a thing about ancient Egyptian culture and temples.
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Some more pillars and some ceiling.
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Me at Karnak. We had a great guide here who cleared all the other tourists out of this shot so our group could take photos.
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