Hieroglyphics at Edfu Temple

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June 19th 2010
Monday morning we visited the Edfu Temple, which was the most intact of all the sites we visited, but it was built by the Greek pharaohs just before the AD changeover. This temple retained its ceiling, although many of the carvings had been defaced by early Christian squatters. The ceiling was blackened from cook fire soot, but the lower levels were protected from layers of silt remaining from ye ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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