December 28, 2017 - The Jacobs Family Website

Here is the second gallery from the point we joined the Sun Boat IV cruise in Luxor. For the first whole day and a half the cruise was just a hotel on the water – it was not until we finished our visit to Den Dera and the Luxor temple that we actually got underway.

Nora and Kai on another bright Egypt morning

Karnak Temple

Lone column at the outter court of Karnak temple.

Statue of Ramses II at Karnak temple. I'm quite taken with the palm tree framing on this one.

Obelisks and contrail at Karnak

Obelisk as seen through the inner sanctum at Karnak

The grand avenue at Karnak temple

Bird, mosque and Nile.

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The temple of Queen Hapshepsut

Nora at the temple of Queen Hatchepsut.

Ben and Crystal at the temple of Queen Hatchepsut

Crystal at the temple of Queen Hatchepsut

The temple of Den Dera seen from afar.   Normally our boat would have sailed right here but with the Nile so low it couldn't happen.  Instead we took a two hour bus ride which was totally worth it.

Nora at Den Dara

Nora, Crystal and Kai at Den Dara

The colors in Den Dara were the best of all we saw.   The colors are original with only a treatment to remove years of soot.

Crystal at Den Dara

Nut - the Egyptian Goddess of night...and bubble gum.

Another Den Dara shot

Eye of Horus

Kai in the Crypt at Den Dara. I could stand up inside but needed to slither through the narrow opening to get in.

Crystal at the road that leads from the Luxor temple to Karnak.  Plans are underway to excavate the entire road but it runs right through Luxor so a lot of buildings will need to be demolished.

Plam trees with blue skys

Luxor temple

A lot of the sites had a confluence of religious edifices over the years.   Churches had generally been removed but mosques were often still integrated in or near the temples.   This mosque was inside Luxor Temple

Front of Luxor temple.

Luxor temple was mostly buried in sand which is why it was fairly well presered.   This used to be the front door to the mosque before the excavation.