Scarab Statue

Worshipped by ancient Egyptians, it is believed that going around the statue three times brings good luck, while going around it seven times brings marriage for those who did not marry and going around nine times causes pregnancy for an infertile wife...I did it three times lol...

Luxor and the Temple of Karnak

September 13th 2022
Day 2 in Luxor, with this morning's first stop being the Temple of Karnak... Construction began in the Middle Kingdom (around 2000-1700 BCE) and continued all the way up to the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305-30 BCE) with most of the buildings dating from the New Kingdom (16th-11th century BCE). The temple is huge and is believed to be the second most visited site in Egypt after the Giza Pyram ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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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