The pylon at Edfu temple

Final thoughts from Egypt

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February 3rd 2017
Egypt part 3 So on Saturday we set off by taxi for Luxor with a stop off in Edfu to see our final temple. We passed through Kom Ombo in the car and it looked worse than from the train and it gets our vote as the worst place we have ever been overtaking Berastagi, in Sumatra and Varanasi in India. The temple at Edfu was magnificent and there were only about 20 other people. Back in Luxor we c ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt

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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