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Category Archives: Luxor
EGYPT’S BEAUTY IN STONE AND IN THE FLESH
Beauty, peace, serenity, and charm – how can an artist, a human being put so much loveliness in a stone face? She is part of the Avenue of Sphinxes between Karnak and Luxor, which in ancient times connected the two. — … Continue reading
ROME, ITALY OR LUXOR, EGYPT?
Definitely LUXOR, EGYPT – after an hour flight from Cairo we arrived in Luxor. We checked into the hotel, the Winter Palace. A hotel everybody should stay once – old charm, a lot of history – Churchill, Lord Cavanaugh, and Agatha Christie, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Art, Egypt, Italy, Luxor, Pharaohs
Tagged Agatha Christie, ARCE, Churchill, Frescoes, Lord Cavanaugh, Romans, Winter Palace Hotel
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – A PEUGEOT – ANYTHING MISSING?
………..YES…………WHERE IS THE GPS ON THIS DASHBOARD? THE DRIVER IS WONDERING TOO! BUT NOT TO WORRY- EVEN WITHOUT IT HE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO! More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Travel
Tagged cars, Dashboards, Directions, Drivers, GPS, Peugeot, Taxis
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ASWAN – UNFORGETTABLE PLACES AND PEOPLE
The kindness of my friends Sue and John to let me tag along to Aswan when they were celebrating their wedding anniversary made me see a place I can’t forget. We took a train in Luxor at 10 o’clock and … Continue reading
PHOTO OF THE WEEK – WHAT SIZE SHOES DID RAMSES II WEAR?
IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE —– Looking at these feet, maybe he didn’t wear shoes? The feet are part of a broken statue of Ramses II – which stood at the Ramesseum, on the West Bank of the Nile, near Luxor. Ramses … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Luxor, Pharaohs
Tagged Feet, Shoes, Size, Statues, Stones
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KARNAK TEMPLE – MORE THAN ANCIENT STONES
Visiting Karnak Temple during my last trip I had forgotten how brutal Egypt’s sun is at noon. When I arrived at the site around 11.45 am and saw the tourists going back to their air-conditioned buses I realized that my timing was off. It is early in the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Stones, Egypt, Islam, Luxor, Pharaohs, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Enviroment, heat, Oasis, Palm Trees, Sunshine, water
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – HONEYMOON AT KARNAK TEMPLE
Thinking that a man wearing a cowboy hat at Karnak Temple can only be an American, I found out quickly that I was wrong. “We are from Syria and we are here on our honeymoon.” After I had taken their … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Islam, Luxor, Muslims, Tourism, Travel
Tagged Cowboy Hat, Cruelty, happiness, Honeymoon, Syria, Temple of Karnak, War, Warmth
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK – PHARAOHS AND CELL PHONES
Who is this guard talking to? Could it be that pharaohs have cell phones too now? More from Egypt soon Brigitte
PHOTO OF THE WEEK – IT IS A MATTER OF SIZE
HAVE HUMANS REALLY BUILD THESE BIGGER THAN LIFE COLUMNS? More from Egypt soon Brigitte
PHOTO OF THE WEEK – HOLDING UP!
DO YOU THINK THE DOOR IS HOLDING THE WALL ——- OR THE WALL IS HOLDING THE DOOR? More from Egypt soon Brigitte
Posted in Egypt, Luxor, Muslims, Tourism, Travel
Tagged community, Doors, Entrance, Iron, middle-east, occupy-wall-street, Stones, Support, Walls
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Egypt My Love 