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Interior of an Egyptian Temple by Albert Holz
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View through the Great Gateway into the Grand Court of the Temple of Edfu by Francis Bedford
English, dated March 14, 1862
albumen print mounted on card
Royal Collection Trust
#Ancient Egypt#Temple of Horus#Edfu#Francis Bedford#photography#historical photography#albumen print#English#Royal Collection Trust#temple#ruins#Egypt#slightly cropped by me#I'm so excited to have a new laptop!#I made this the desktop image.
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Temple of Horus
Edfu
Egypt
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Cruise over the river Nile, Egypt. The birdtowers of Edfu, as seen from the deck of or boat.
Sailing boats (Felucca's) on the river Nile, made during our cruise last week.
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#Rene Fijten#ART#artists#artists on tumblr#digital painting#digital art#sketch#egypt#nile#EDFU#temple#river nile#sailing#مصر#نهر النيل#إدفو#رسم#فن#david tennant#baftas#bafta 2024#eurovision#c4news#bethlehem#ethnic cleansing#doctor who
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I am back from the holibobs, utterly exhausted and procrastinating the unending job that is editing all my photos (just by deleting the out-of-focus-in-hindsight ones I've gotten them down from 1200 to 750) So here's my absolute favourite ones. I promise I'll be back to crafting content soon.
#cotton khaleesi#cottonkhaleesi#egypt#egypt tours#hatsheptsut#the sphinx#the pyramids#kom ombo#edfu#valley of the kings#dendera temple
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#بلادي_الجميلة ❤ #مصر ❤
Relief of sycamore in the temple of Horus in Edfu, aswan , Egypt
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#egypt#مصر#ancient egypt#مصريات#tree#trees#tree of life#life#wallart#wall relief#art#architecture#civilization#بلادي الجميلة#edfu temple#horus#ancient history#ancient#ancientmonuments#temple#مصر القديمة#building#egyptian#Egyptian civilization#egyptian culture#symbol#isis#osiris#ancient gods#love
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Egypt... the best of the River Nile
Egypt, a land of ancient wonders and modern marvels, beckons travellers with its rich tapestry of history, culture, and natural beauty. #Egypt #RiverNile #Tutankhamun #AncientHistory #History #Luxor #Aswan #RaII #Nile #Cruise #ValleyoftheKings #KingTut
Egypt Egypt, a land of ancient wonders and modern marvels, beckons travellers with its rich tapestry of history, culture, and natural beauty. Among its many jewels, Luxor and Aswan stand out as iconic destinations, offering a glimpse into the grandeur of bygone eras. These cities, situated along the life-giving River Nile, form the heart of many Nile cruises, tracing a route that has been…
#Abu Simbel#adventure#Ancient Egypt#Aswan#blog#complete#Cruise#Edfu#Egypt;#Esna#Karnak#Kom Ombo#Luxor#Luxor Museum#Nile#Nile Cruise#Pharaohs#Ra#RA II#River Cruise#River Nile#Temple#Temple of Karnak#Temple of Khnum#Temple of Queen Hatshepsut#Temple of Sobek#The Ra#travel#travelblog#Tutankhamun
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I went to egypt. Here are some photos
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As I have been saying in my videos, I want to keep improving the quality of the episodes. The upcoming episode on Edfu Temple seems a good opportunity for that. For a video like that you want a good number of nice images presented in a dynamic way. Here is a test run of some of the images I will be using in a more animated format.
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Gala Dinner Experience
Indulge in a Gala Dinner Experience with Savvy Travelers, savoring exquisite cuisine and entertainment!
#egypt nile river cruise#egypt nile cruise#luxurious nile cruise#nile river cruise#cairo exploration tour#pyramids giza visit#valley kings excursion#egyptian museum tour#alabaster mosque visit#sakkara necropolis tour#mena house experience#hatshepsut temple exploration#colossi memnon sightseeing#edfu temple discovery#aswan felucca ride#abu simbel excursion#cataract hotel tea#philae temple visit#nubian village tour#kom ombo visit#karnak temple exploration#luxor market shopping#hathor temple tour#dendara temple visit#abdeen palace tour#coptic cairo exploration#welcome reception cocktail#gala dinner experience#egyptologist guided tour#exclusive shore excursions
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Templo de Horus
Coluna greco-egipcia
Edfu
Egipto
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Ancient Egyptian elevator 😎
(Psssssst…..it’s not real 🤫 It’s just clever and simple video editing / transition & sound effects 😅)
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I keep staring at this hieroglyph trying to make sense of this cryptid representing a head of a falcon with a body of a sphinx or as it is mentioned here hieracophinx of the god Horus. Horus is in the old Egyptian religion the god of war and the sky. The Egyptian pantheon of gods and goddesses is composed of several cryptids. Where do the Egyptians get the idea of representing men with the heads of animals and birds? The most logical explanation is that such creatures will pass on to humans their powers and qualities and virtues and make them immortals, giving them the power to rule in the afterlife in a nutshell. To this very day the narrative of the Egyptian gods and goddesses is a complex one but still there’s much we don’t know .Many old civilizations do have their gods with therianthropic powers or the ability to shapeshift from human to animals in their mythologies. Closer to our times we have the reported case of Skinwalkers.Well, I will delve about these creatures in future blogs .This topic is of interest to me because of Shamanism and its relationship with animal guides in Native American lore and shapeshifters. There is also a much deeper connection with the Egyptian discovery in the Grand Canyon here in the US. Thanks to all those who follow my blog and many blessings.Words by Sergio GuymanProust.
Her-em-akhet, wall relief from the Temple of Horus at Edfu of hieracophinx.
#horus#temple of horus#hieracophinx#Words by Sergio GuymanProust#heremakhet#edfu#ancient egypt#ancient history#archaeology#egypt#credit to the blogger&photographer.#therianthropy#skinwalkers#shapeshifters#native americans#mythology#Horus man with a falcon head#Horus god of war and the sky#hieroglyph= sacred engraving
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Death on the Nile
The night passed without much incident as the boat powered upstream (and further south) towards Edfu. A shame really, as I had been busy practicing my faux French Belgium accent to impress upon the others in my tour group of my deductive ability as a modern day Asian woman version of Poirot.
“Zere ‘as been a murderrr!!”
Alas, it was not to be.
In fact, the only ‘death’ to truly be considered on the cruise was the dearth of free wifi, leaving many of the older guests with nothing to do. Thankfully, I am easily entertained if presented with a book. And I had also packed my Nintendo Switch OLED with me, jam-packed with hundreds of tracks from the Final Fantasy franchise - for which, Ansem did not share in my entusiasm and fell a few pegs down in the rankings of a potential future beau - which meant I had all the things I needed to keep my interest from flagging. That and my trust journal (from which this blog post derives from. Go me!)
I suppose I should also give a review of the Jaz Celebrity, the ship that we were on, but I doubt you, dear readers care too much for a floating hotel. Yes, it featured a pool on the upper decks and a bar on the second floor but given the proclivities of a large group of mostly elderly Chinese woman, including Popo, their primary interests were mostly napping, trying to get a decent signal to post things on WeChat and heading to the dining hall for the required three meals per day.
The only people that I witnessed frequenting the sun deck and the bar were the cruise ship’s other guests. Namely, the guests that had come from France and Spain. Never in my entire life have I heard so much ‘merci’ and ‘d’accord’ in my life on a daily basis.
Anyways, back to old decrepit ruins!
Our first destination for the day, after arriving at Edfu, was a visit to the Temple of Horus. Despite its distance from the Nile, it too had been buried by desert sand until it was later excavated in the late 1800s. It was so buried, in fact, that passing travellers that had set up camp had stained the very top of the Crecian columms (done in either Ionic or Corinthian style according to my untrained eye) black.
Ahmed, our erstwhile local guide pointed all this out for us before explaining a little bit of Ancient Egyptian mythology. But, I must admit that I was tickled pick by the story he chose to tell. For it was the love story of Osiris and Isis. As well as the very jealous and covetous Set (or Seth based on alternate spelling). And time, though, I was used as a prop to the narrative our guide was telling the other guests. In fact, I played Seth’s wife, Nephthys!
In any case, the story Ahmed told was how Set was jealous of his brother, Osiris, and had a sarcophagus built in just the right size to fit his brother. He asked the other Gods to try to fit inside during a party, with Osiris being the only one that could fit snugly inside. When Osiris was ensconced inside, Set shut the lid and tossed his brother into the Nile. He later then recounted the subsequent butchering of Osiris into 14 different parts (representing the 14 regions of Egypt at the time).
He had to tell this story, of course, to explain the birth of Horus, the son of Osiris, and the very reason for the temple we stood in.
Crammed full of tourists from all over the world, we were able to squeeze our way to a few key areas, snap a few photographs and learn a little more about one of the oldest civilisations known to man. Such as the fact that they had wi-fi! Okay, the last was a joke. The Ancient Egyptians did NOT have wi-fi but one of their hieroglyphs (supposedly to denote racks of meat) looked very much like the current symbol we use to express the internet.
By 9:30AM, we were back on the cruise ship and headed to Kom Ombo. To while away the hours, I lounged around the ship, read a few pages of my book: The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (mostly to appear smart and learned) and played a few select songs from the Final Fantasy franchise.
After a hefty lunch and some afternoon tea on the sun desk, our ship finally pulled into Kom Ombo and most of the tour group disembarked to take a gander inside.
Unlike most other temple Kom Ombo was dedicated to two gods. Horus and Sobek. The story here was that Horus and Sobek were meant to represent the body and the mind. Sobek, our great crocodile-headed God was displeased by the offerings that were provided to him. As such, he and Horus had a disagreement which resulted in Ra flying off alone. Left alone, Sobek began demanding more and more from the local populace until they realised that in searching for gold and jewels to appease the gold, they had not planted the next harvest and would starve to death. Desperate, they prayed to Sobek for aid, but being a representation of mental fortitude, Sobek was unable to bequeath the people the physical strength needed to labour underneath the harsh sun.
Seeing no recourse, Sobek was then forced to beg Horus for assistance. When Horus returned, granting the people the strength they needed to farm the land and survive the winter, Sobek was grateful and agreed to share the Temple again with his fellow god.
The moral, therefore, at the end, was that a healthy balance was required between body and mind. It also encourages people to listen to both sides of a story before passing judgement. And it was also something a lesson in moderation. For too much indulgence can lead to sloth, but too much labour with too little rest can also prove detrimental to one’s body.
That aside, Kom Ombo is also famous for its depictions of surgical tools. There was even a specific hieroglyph of the ‘correct’ form for birthing a child!
Such discoveries have helped inform our understanding of this ancient world and how it functioned. For the Ancient Egyptians were not so different to who we are now, except maybe they were far smarter than we ever thought possible. Indeed, a lot of what I’ve learned and seen with my own two eyes will prove invaluable in constructing the fantastical worlds I want to create in a so-called fantasy setting.
I do, after all, have a story planned in my head with the central setting a city in the desert. Now, I have the first-hand experience to help me build it!
So, stay tuned, dear readers, one and all for further observations from good ol’ Kyndaris of Ancient Egypt and beyond.
Oh, and there was also a crocodile museum! With mummified remains! How crazy is that? Clearly dissection was not something that only came about in the 17th-18th century and anatomy was clearly something people in the ancient past were already exploring.
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Okay, Fine, Just One Last Temple Then
The Horus temple at Edfu is very much worth the effort I think but oh my fucking gosh, what an effort it was! Trains in Egypt are ultimately a great way to get around but they’re also generally late and if you don’t speak Arabic it’s impossible to know which train is stood at the platform as the only information is given over the tannoy. Train travel isn’t very foreigner friendly. They won’t sell…
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The famous colossal black granite statue of Horus as a falcon, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt.
Photography and text: Dennis Jarvis (CC)
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