Saturday - Cruising up the Nile 012911 Edfu Temple

Saturday - Cruising up the Nile

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January 29th 2011
I got to bed about 10:30pm last night but didn’t sleep too well, it’s the 7 hour time difference from home. We had to get up at 6am for a tour of the Edfu Temple. This is the best preserved temple on the Nile because was buried in dirt for a long time. The temple was started in 237 BC and finished around 57 BC. The ceiling is not all restored because they ran out of funding. One of the walls h ... 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