Nubian villageMonday September 20, 2004
Nubian village, Aswan, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Square with a goat hiding in the shade (r).
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AswanMonday September 20, 2004
Aswan, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Close-up of the ancient Egyptian unfinished obilisk. The crack shows the reason why it was abandoned.
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AswanMonday September 20, 2004
Aswan, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Made by the orders of Seti I, if it would have been fininished, it would have been the largest obilisk carved out of a single rock in the world.
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Nubian DesertTuesday September 21, 2004
Nubian Desert, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
(view from minibus) Dawn in the Nubian desert, on our quest to Abu Simbel.
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Some sort of hieroglyphic instruction set on the left side of the Ramses II temple.
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
"Ramses, Bringer of War" Aproaching the temple.
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Meet Ramses 2, Ramses 0.5, Ramses 2 and Ramses 2.
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Giant statues and tiny tourists. (This is ofcourse why they call him Ramses the Great.)
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
Close-up of the giant Ramses II statues.
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography,favorites
When entering the temple, More giant statues... These are about 4 meters high.
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Ramses 2 TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Ramses 2 Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Inside the temple plenty of Ramses II hieroglyphs ofcourse... (also a small Ramses II shrine with some gods, not shown in the photo.)
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Nefretari TempleTuesday September 21, 2004
Nefretari Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt 2004,travel, photography
Ramses' favorite queen's temple, to the right of his temple.
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