Country |
Province State |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Cliffs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Irrigation. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Sawadah |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42100.jpg) |
The village of Sawadah. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Sawadah |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42101.jpg) |
Domed houses. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Sawadah |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42102.jpg) |
The village is set on several hills. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Sawadah |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42103.jpg) |
The houses are made from mud. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Sawadah |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42104.jpg) |
The 4th century Coptic Church of Aba Hur. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42105.jpg) |
Bani Hasan is a Nile village. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42106.jpg) |
The desert comes up to the river. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42107.jpg) |
Homestead. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42108.jpg) |
Houses by the river. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42109.jpg) |
The River Nile is 6853 km long. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42110.jpg) |
View along the Nile. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42111.jpg) |
View of the village. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42112.jpg) |
Barren hills overlooking the river. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42113.jpg) |
Bani Hassan is an ancient village. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42114.jpg) |
Boat. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42119.jpg) |
Grain store. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42120.jpg) |
The blue Nile, the fertile strip and the desert. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42121.jpg) |
The landscape near the river is very fertile. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42127.jpg) |
Desert valley. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
Bani Hasan |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42128.jpg) |
Tropical scenery. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42115.jpg) |
The hillside tombs of Bani Hasan. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01606.jpg) |
The tombs date between 2050 and 1786 BCE. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42116.jpg) |
The tombs have decayed. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
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Tomb entrance. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
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View from the tombs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42122.jpg) |
One of the many hillside tombs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42123.jpg) |
Ruins of the Temple of Hatshepsut (c1450 BCE). |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
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Rocky desert landscape. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
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Desolation. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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El Minya |
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Bani Hasan Tombs |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42126.jpg) |
An ancient village. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42338.jpg) |
Abydos was a religious centre where Osiris was worshipped from 2100 BCE. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42339.jpg) |
Abydos reached its peak c 1000 BCE and then declined under the Romans. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42340.jpg) |
The temple of Seti I was begun around 1300 BCE and completed by his son, Ramesses II. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
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The temple is covered with painted reliefs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
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Horus with Seti I. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
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The godess, Isis. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
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The Hypostyle Hall. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42345.jpg) |
The temple is unique in having seven halls. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
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The Osiris Chapel. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01616.jpg) |
The Chapel of Osiris with the golden boat of the dead. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42347.jpg) |
The Chapel of Ra-Harikhte. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
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Painted figure in the Ra-Harikhte chapel. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42349.jpg) |
The temple is very well preserved. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Abydos |
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Temple of Seti I |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42350.jpg) |
Seti I with offerings to the gods. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor (the ancient Thebes) was founded c3000 BCE and was capital of Upper Egypt in 2133 BCE. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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The River Nile from Luxor. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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The city of Luxor from the West bank of the Nile. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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One of the may oases near the city. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Avenue of the Sphynxes |
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The Avenue of the Sphynxes was once 1km long. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Avenue of the Sphynxes |
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One of the Sphynx statues. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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The Temple of Luxor dates from the 1300s BCE and is 300m long. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42136.jpg) |
The Pylon is 24m high and was built by Ramesses II. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42137.jpg) |
One of a pair of 25m high obelysks. The other is in Paris. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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Statue of Ramasses II. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42139.jpg) |
Many of the walls are decorated with reliefs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42140.jpg) |
View of the temple. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01607.jpg) |
The temple complex dates from the 1300s BCE. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42141.jpg) |
The Pylon is covered with reliefs showing the Battle of Kadesh, Egypt against the Hittites. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42142.jpg) |
The Triple Sanctuary of Amun, Mut and Khusu (the Thebian Trinity). |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42143.jpg) |
The Peristyle Court has a double row of 74 papyrus bud columns. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42144.jpg) |
The Peristyle Court has many statues of Ramasses II. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42145.jpg) |
The temple dwarfs visitors: the Colonnade of Tutankhamun and Horemheb. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42146.jpg) |
The Abu-i-Haggag Mosque was built in the 19th century but the smaller minaret dates from 1077. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42147.jpg) |
The temple is like a city within a city. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42148.jpg) |
Carved wall. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42149.jpg) |
View of the Abu-i-Haggag Mosque. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42150.jpg) |
The Court of Amenhotep III. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
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The column tops of the Court of Amenhotep III. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42152.jpg) |
The Colonnade of Tutankhamun and Horemheb and the Pylon. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42153.jpg) |
Egyptian heiroglyphs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42154.jpg) |
Offering to the gods. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42155.jpg) |
Figure with birdlife. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42156.jpg) |
Animals. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42157.jpg) |
A church apse behind the Hypostyle Hall. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42158.jpg) |
Unrestored fragments. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Luxor Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42159.jpg) |
Carvings on a statue of Ramasses II. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Desert village. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42160.jpg) |
House of a pilgrim. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01609.jpg) |
The Karnak Temple is one of the largest in the world. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel01608.jpg) |
The temple is 400m by 500m and contains many structures. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42162.jpg) |
The temple complex is like a city within a city. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42163.jpg) |
Karnak is the second largest temple complex in the world. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42164.jpg) |
The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42165.jpg) |
The temple is 500m long. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42166.jpg) |
Ram headed sphynxes, each with a small statue of Ramesses II between its forelegs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42167.jpg) |
Ram headed sphynx. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42168.jpg) |
The only remaining column of ten is 26.5m high. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42169.jpg) |
The 130m wide pylon. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42170.jpg) |
The first forecourt is 103m by 84m. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42171.jpg) |
All the stonework is covered in carvings and heiroglyphs. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42172.jpg) |
A riot of carvings. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42173.jpg) |
The Temple of Ramesses III is dedicated to Amun. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42174.jpg) |
15m high statue of Ramesses II with one of his daughters. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42175.jpg) |
The 26.5m high column dwarfs visitors. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42176.jpg) |
Goats at the temple complex. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42177.jpg) |
A row of statues. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42178.jpg) |
The temple is 500m long with many structures. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Luxor |
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Karnak Temple |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel42179.jpg) |
The Hypostyle Hall was built by Seti I and Ramesses II. |
1986 |