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June 17th 2007 - susan wadden: magical
amy, your photos are truly a gift to all of us. thank you for sharing this experience.
June 23rd 2007 - Diana Duenkel: Incredible!
Thanks to you Amy, I feel like I'm right there living each adventure with you! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with me!
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King Tut's Tomb
is the smallest and least significant of any tomb found however it became famous because it was the first to be discovered in tact (all others had been raided)
Habu Temple
statue of Sekhmet (synonomous with "doctor" or "surgeon"), female diety deemed with power of physical healing
Colossi of Memnon
Remains of what was once the largest complex on the West Bank of the Nile, built by Amenhotep III as his funerary temple, used to contain hundreds of statues, only these remain.
Hathor-headed columns of Dendara
Meditated underneath the 18 columns inside the temple dedicated to the Hathors
Karnak
Large complex of kiosks, pylons,and obelisks dedicated to the Theban gods & goddesses & the pharohs. During the reign of Ramses III it employed 80K people at a time.
Karnak: Ram Row
These ram-headed sphinxes lined a walkway which was once a canal that ran from the temple into the Nile
Karnak
The statues are giant, I felt like an ant while walking amongst them (imagine how these were created without modern equipment, in 1965 B.C.)
Abydos
Egypt's earliest royal burial ground (built in 4000 BC) and contains the tombs of the first pharohs of Egypt
Flower Of LIfe Enscriptions On Pillar At Abydos
In the pillars of the structure in the lake of the temple, there are 3 of these etchings (which have turned up in 12 ancient civilizations). The concentric circles are explained in the concept of "Sa... [more]
Abydos
Was the most important shrine to Osiris and a place of pilgrimage which most Egyptians would try to visit in their lifetime.
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June 17th 2007 - susan wadden: magical
amy, your photos are truly a gift to all of us. thank you for sharing this experience.
June 23rd 2007 - Diana Duenkel: Incredible!
Thanks to you Amy, I feel like I'm right there living each adventure with you! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences with me!
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