Lake in the Karnak temple premises

It was filled by natural spring water. It was drying a bit and the so called clever engineers decided to fill the lake with Nile water destroying all the existing aquatic life. It was filled with weeds which had to be cleared.

Egypt Series: Legends of Luxor

December 11th 2022
Legends of Luxor -Piprey on wheels Luxor was formerly called Thebes or Waset. It was the capital of the Pharaohs. It encapsulated all the wonderful things of ancient Egypt. A long-distance train from Cairo at 8am to reach Luxor at 8pm, took about 12 hours. With my zero knowledge of Arabic, conversation was impossible. Perhaps, a flight would have been a be ... read more

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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

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