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Karnak, Luxor, Cairo
Karnak, Luxor, Cairo
 
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Karnak: Light and ventilation system
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: Light and ventilation system
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Karnak: How did they get this ceiling block up and in position? Look at the bee in the fresco.
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: How did they get this ceiling block up and in position? Look at the bee in the fresco.
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Karnak: These are original colors. This is another of those places that must be seen to be believed.
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: These are original colors. This is another of those places that must be seen to be believed.
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Karnak: This really reminded me of a scene from the movie Death on the Nile.
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Date: 4/26/00, 7:35 PM
Karnak: This really reminded me of a scene from the movie Death on the Nile.
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Karnak: The god of Fertility--as if you needed a caption to tell you that!
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Date: 4/14/00, 5:13 PM
Karnak: The god of Fertility--as if you needed a caption to tell you that!
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Making an offering
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Making an offering
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Karnak: Obelisk
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Date: 5/18/00, 9:09 PM
Karnak: Obelisk
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Karnak: This part of the ruins has been partially reconstructed.
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: This part of the ruins has been partially reconstructed.
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Karnak: The white 'spots' are ties that I believe are used to hold the blocks in place.
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: The white 'spots' are ties that I believe are used to hold the blocks in place.
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Karnak: It looks as if this part of the ruins had more than one level.
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Date: 5/18/00, 9:10 PM
Karnak: It looks as if this part of the ruins had more than one level.
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Karnak: the two obelisks
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: the two obelisks
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Karnak: the two obelisks
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Date: 5/18/00, 9:11 PM
Karnak: the two obelisks
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Karnak: Headed toward the inner santuary of Amun
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: Headed toward the inner santuary of Amun
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Karnak: It looked to me as if these pieces had been placed here before they were used to reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle.
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: It looked to me as if these pieces had been placed here before they were used to reconstruct the jigsaw puzzle.
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Karnak: Columns against the sky
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: Columns against the sky
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Karnak: There used to be many more of these small sphinxes with ram heads
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Karnak: There used to be many more of these small sphinxes with ram heads
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Karnak: Looking back at the main entrance. Note that this entrance was not finished: you can see that the pylons were not connected at the top as they were in all of the other temples.
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Date: 5/18/00, 9:12 PM
Karnak: Looking back at the main entrance. Note that this entrance was not finished: you can see that the pylons were not connected at the top as they were in all of the other temples.
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Luxor Temple: The other obelisk is in Paris at the place de la Concorde (stolen by Napoleon's men)
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Luxor Temple: The other obelisk is in Paris at the place de la Concorde (stolen by Napoleon's men)
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Luxor Temple: The sphinx outside the temple entrance. One of the best pictures I took on the trip.
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Date: 4/26/00, 7:37 PM
Luxor Temple: The sphinx outside the temple entrance. One of the best pictures I took on the trip.
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Luxor Temple:
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Date: 4/6/00, 3:12 PM
Luxor Temple: