Live The Revival » Nile http://livetherevival.com Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:10:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Luxor-Aswan Nile Cruise http://livetherevival.com/2010/02/21/the-luxor-aswan-nile-cruise/ http://livetherevival.com/2010/02/21/the-luxor-aswan-nile-cruise/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:12:09 +0000 admin http://livetherevival.com/?p=893 The long overdue post on the Eid alAdha Luxor-Aswan Nile Cruise!

Itinerary:
Friday, 27 November

  • 2:30am: Depart Dokki for Cairo Internationl Airport
  • 4:35am: Depart Cairo for Aswan on EgyptAir Flight 090
  • 6am: Arrive Aswan Airport, Drive to Nile
  • 7am: Check into Nile Cruise (boat M/S Domina Prestige Emilio)
  • 8am: Visit Philae Temple & High Dam
  • noon: Lunch on board
  • 3pm: Navigation to Kom Ombo
  • Dinner on board & overnight

Saturday, 28 November

  • 8am: Visit the Kom Ombo Temple
  • Navigation to Edfu
  • Visit the Temple of Edfu
  • Navigation to Luxor with passage through Esna Lock
  • Dinner on board and overnight

Sunday, 29 November

  • 8am: Visit West Bank (of Nile)
  • Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut Temple & Memnon
  • Afternoon free on board

Monday, 30 November

  • Visit the temples of Karnak
  • Afternoon free in Luxor
  • 6pm: Proceed to Luxor Airport
  • 7:50pm: Depart Luxor on EgyptAir Flight 167 to Cairo
  • 9:00pm: Arrive Cairo Airport, transfer to Dokki

Nile Cruise

On the Nile

On the Nile

Ancient Pharaonic Homes on Nile

Ancient Pharaonic Homes on Nile

Grazing Land on Nile (between Luxor and Aswan)

Grazing Land on Nile (between Luxor and Aswan)

Karnak

Karnak comprises a vast conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings, notably the Great Temple of Amen and a massive structure begun by Pharaoh Amenhotep III (ca. 1391-1351 BC). It is located near Luxor, some 500 km south of Cairo, in Egypt. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut (“The Most Selected of Places”).

A model of the Karnak Temple near Luxor

A model of the Karnak Temple near Luxor

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Amusement park status entrance to Karnak Temple

Entrance to Karnak

Entrance to Karnak

Look at the... dumbstruck tourists :)

Dumbstruck tourists...

Pillar

Pillar

If only the Pharaohs had cranks...

If only the Pharaoh's had cranks...

Luxor Temple

A panoramic view of the interior of the Luxor temple, just inside the entrance. The mosque built over the ruins is on the left.

A panoramic view of the interior of the Luxor temple, just inside the entrance. The mosque built over the ruins is on the left.

Luxor Temple (Ground floor)

Luxor Temple (Inside)

Remains of a Church from Christian Era of Egyptian History (Inside Luxor Temple)

Remains of a Church Mural from Christian Era of Egyptian History (Inside Luxor Temple)

View of Entrance from Inside Luxor Temple

View of Entrance from Inside Luxor Temple

Mosque in Luxor Temple

View of Mosque from Ground Floor of Luxor Temple

View of Mosque from Ground Floor of Luxor Temple

Mosque built on top of Luxor Temple

Mosque built on top of Luxor Temple

Minaret of (Luxor Mosque?)

Minaret of (Luxor Mosque?), Street View

Outdoor Prayer Area of (Luxor Mosque?)

Outdoor Prayer Area

Remains of the Temple are quite visible from within the Mosque. The pillars of the Temple are essentially used as foundations of the Mosque.

Remains of the Temple are quite visible from within the Mosque. The pillars of the Temple are essentially used as foundations of the Mosque.

Window looking down into the Temple

Window looking down into the Temple

Mihrab carved into a pillar

Mihrab carved into a pillar

To top it all the awkwardness, images from the temple are preserved in a luminiscient case in the direction of the Qibla

To top off the awkwardness, images from the temple are preserved in a luminiscient case in the direction of the Qibla

Minaret

Minaret

Outdoor Prayer Area

Outdoor Prayer Area

Left: Temple ruins, Right: Mosque window

Left: Temple ruins, Right: Mosque window

Entrance of the Mosque (same level as street). The temple is actually a few hundred feet below the Mosque, which is built on TOP of the temples pillars.

Entrance of the Mosque (same level as street). The temple is actually a few hundred feet below the Mosque, which is built on top of the temple's pillars.

View of Temple from Mosque Above

View of Temple from Mosque Above

Evening View

Evening View

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