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Tour 2009
MS Nautica Cruise Hong Kong to Athens April / May 2009
13 - Egypt, Safaga. Including Luxor and The Valley Of The Kings.
May 6th and 7th 2009
The desert scenery between Safaga and the Nile valley.
Desert truck stop.
Qena Mosque. We are now in the Nile valley.
Habitation beside the east irrigation canal. Nile valley.
Habitation beside the east irrigation canal. Nile valley.
4 stage minaret. Nile valley.
Habitation beside the east irrigation canal. Nile valley.
Habitation beside the east irrigation canal. Nile valley.
Habitation beside the east irrigation canal. Nile valley.
Cruise boats on the Nile at Luxor.
Luxor temple complex. Processional colonnade of Amenhotep III.
Luxor temple complex. Inner peristyle court.
Luxor temple complex. Inner peristyle court.
Trip and cruise boats on the Nile.
Trip and cruise boats on the Nile.
The Sheraton Hotel in Luxor.
Cruise boat moving away from the Luxor Sheraton.
Luxor Sheraton waterfront.
Luxor Sheraton waterfront.
"Sudan" one of two surviving Thomas Cook paddle steamers.
Link to cruise firms website.
http://www.steam-ship-sudan.com/en/index.asp
"Sudan" one of two surviving Thomas Cook paddle steamers.
"Sudan" leads another three cruise down the Nile.
Valley of the Kings.
Valley of the Kings.
Valley of the Kings.
Linda with our tour guide.
Valley of the Kings.
Luxor west bank temples and tombs website.
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/westbank.htm
Howard Carter's house at the entrance to the Valley Of The Kings.
Roman ruins in front of the the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.
The Mortuary Temples of Mentuhotep II (to the left) and Hatshepsut (centre) on the West Bank at Luxor.
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut on the West Bank at Luxor.
Roman ruins in front of the the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.
The Nile flood plain below the valley of the Kings.
The Ramesseum.
The Ramesseum.
The Ramesseum.
The Ramesseum Second Court, with the shattered colossus, the largest ever built
in Egypt.
The remains of the temple of Amenophis II. Luxor west bank.
The Colossi of Memnon, all that remains of the temple of Amenophis II.
The Colossi of Memnon.
The Colossi of Memnon.
Farmer on donkey.
The slopes above the west Luxor temples.
Road / narrow gauge railway bridge over an irrigation canal.
Road / narrow gauge railway bridge over an irrigation canal.
House by an irrigation canal.
Looking up the Nile from the Luxor Bridge.
The Nile at Luxor.
Luxor Temple from the bus.
Luxor Temple - Abu al-Haggag Mosque built amongst the ruins. Luxor temple
complex.
Luxor Temple entrance pylons, statues of Ramesses II and one of the obelisk's.
Luxor temple complex.
Luxor Temple detail on the pylons. Luxor temple complex.
Entering the courtyard of Ramesses II. Luxor temple complex.
Tuhmosis shrine. Luxor temple complex.
Detail of column. Luxor temple complex.
The processional colonnade of Amenhotep III from the Peristyle Courtyard of Ramesses II.
Luxor temple complex.
Seated colossus of Ramesses II. Luxor temple complex.
Colossus of Ramesses II around his great court. Luxor temple complex.
Abu al-Haggag Mosque, built on the site of a previous church, when the debris
field half filled the temple. Luxor temple complex.
Tuhmosis shrine. Luxor temple complex.
Colossus of Ramesses II. Luxor temple complex.
Peristyle Courtyard of Ramesses II, Tuhmosis shrine centre picture. Luxor temple
complex.
The processional colonnade of Amenhotep III. Luxor temple complex.
The processional colonnade of Amenhotep III. Luxor temple complex.
Luxor temple complex.
Detail of column.
Great Sun Court of Amenhotep III’s temple. Hypostyle hall beyond. Luxor temple
complex.
Amenhotep III’s temple hypostyle hall. Luxor temple complex.
Looking back at the Great Sun Court of Amenhotep III’s temple. Luxor temple
complex.
We have entered the inner core of the temple. Luxor temple complex.
Shrine to Alexander The Great. Luxor temple complex.
Main sanctuary or statue room. Luxor temple complex.
Inner core of the temple. Offering table room. Luxor temple complex.
When the portico was turned into a chapel, the walls were over plastered and
pained. Luxor temple complex.
Back out to the portico, converted into a chapel by the Roman Legions that were
stationed here. Luxor temple complex.
When the portico was turned into a chapel, the walls were over plastered and
pained. Luxor temple complex.
When the portico was turned into a chapel, the walls were over plastered and
pained. Luxor temple complex.
When the portico was turned into a chapel, the walls were over plastered and
pained. Luxor temple complex.
Looking back through Great Sun Court of Amenhotep III’s temple to the processional colonnade of Amenhotep III’s temple.
Luxor temple complex.
Amenhotep III’s temple hypostyle hall. Luxor temple complex.
Amenhotep III’s temple hypostyle hall. Luxor temple complex.
The east side of Great Sun Court of Amenhotep III’s temple. Luxor temple
complex.
Looking back at the processional colonnade of Amenhotep III’s temple. Luxor
temple complex.
Detail of column.
Peristyle Courtyard of Ramesses II, Tuhmosis shrine. Luxor temple complex.
Chapel of Serapis. Luxor temple complex.
Luxor Temple entrance pylons, statues of Ramesses II and one of the obelisk's.
Luxor temple complex.
Avenue of Sphinxes of Nectanebo I, which did reach all the way to Karnak Temple.
The forecourt of Nectanebo. Luxor Temple entrance pylons, statues of Ramesses II
and one of the obelisk's. Luxor temple complex.
Avenue of Sphinxes of Nectanebo I, which did reach all the way to Karnak Temple.
Ferry across the Nile. Luxor.
Cruise boats and local horse carriage. Luxor.
Karnak temple.
The port of Safaga.
The port of Safaga.
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