First Great Pylon

They call each entrance into the temple a pylon, or gateway. A cool fact: when Napoleon came here in the 1790s that mud-brick ramp you see up against the pylon still had blocks of stone on it. This pylon was never finished - apparently it was just literally abandoned one day.

Karnak Temples

July 14th 2012
Set off today after a hearty breakfast for the 20 min. walk up the Nile to the famous Karnak Temples. This is one of the absolute largest religious centers in the entire world. To put it into perspective, St. Peter's in Rome and St. Paul's in London could easily fit side by side, and there's still be plenty of room to spare. In its hey-day during the New Kingdom period of Egypt (150 ... 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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