Looking Up

The sheer size of the statues show Ramses' own huge ego. The temple was technically dedicated to a God, not to him (so he's basically saying that he is a God).

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Down to Abu Simbel

July 19th 2012
After the pyramids, probably my favorite day in Egypt. Set off with a driver at 11ish for the 3 hour drive South to Abu Simbel. The landscape in this part of the country is nothing but desert - vast, endless plains of sand. At one point, it was 115 F outside the car, and mirages were beginning to appear on the horizon. They really did look like water, and you could see how they could easily lead y ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan

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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