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EDFU & LUXOR......donkeys, balloons..

January 20th 2007
The temple day… Dirty, sloppy looking, sandy, and generally smelly from a lack of showers over four days on the feluccas, we drove straight to Edfu temple escorted by our police convoy. This temple was dedicated to the falcon headed God, Horus and is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. Apart from dreaming of a shower, I remembe ... read more
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Egyptian Flag 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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