The temple
They had to dig out all those mountains of earth to reveal the temple. Not a simple undertaking.
Also this is where 57 tourists were slaughtered by the Islamic terrorists 10 years ago. I was surprissed to see there were no comemmoration plaque for the dead.
From: Africa » Egypt
The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... [read more]
The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... [read more] Blog: INCREDIBLE LUXOR - Queen Hutsheput temple
Date: March 15th 2005
I visited Luxor in November 2004. Went to Hurgada, a red sea resort for scuba diving. Luxor is about 4 hours bus journey from there. Due to terrorist fear - all the tour buses are clumpled together and taken as a convoy with full military security to Luxor. The convoys will stretch more than a mile as so many tourists are visiting Luxor. Incredible Luxor Nowadays Luxor is a small, sleepy and ... read more
Date: March 15th 2005
I visited Luxor in November 2004. Went to Hurgada, a red sea resort for scuba diving. Luxor is about 4 hours bus journey from there. Due to terrorist fear - all the tour buses are clumpled together and taken as a convoy with full military security to Luxor. The convoys will stretch more than a mile as so many tourists are visiting Luxor. Incredible Luxor Nowadays Luxor is a small, sleepy and ... read more
