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for Wordless Wednesday and bloghops various!
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I can hardly believe 14 years have pased since I spent some time in and around Luxor in Egypt. I thought I’d take a look back at a few of the pictures I took…
…starting at Luxor Temple which dates back to 1400BC.
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There was originally an avenue of sphinxes all the way from Luxor Temple to the Karnack temple some three miles away. This is one end of it!
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The Karnack temple complex is the most visited site in all of Egypt. It was started by Ramses 11 who reigned from 1391–1351 BC.
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Queen Hatshepsut temple butts the mountainside was commissioned by Augustus in 15BC. Climbing all those steps in the midday sun was sheer torture – but well worth it!
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I can’t quite rember where I look this, but I like it!
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The Valley of the Kings which dates back to 16-11BC. It was here that the tomb of Tutankhamen was found having been there for some 4000 years. His tomb is in fact quite modest compared to the other 63 discoved so far. No photography allowed down below!
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Yet another temple, Denbur!
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I took a trip along the Nile on a floating palace known as the M/S Orchid, from a misty morning until sunset. It was great!
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Wave!
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Fancy something to eat?
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Time for a well deserved drink on the hotel’s patio!
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I could go on but I’m sure you’ve got more important things to do! Thanks for joining me.
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It is impossible for me to wrap my mind around these amazing civilizations just wiped out of existence- I am thinking someone will say that about ours some day in the future…..
Me too. I wonder if tourists will be looking in awe at our buildings in 3500 years time!
What gorgeous images, Keith. Thank you for taking us along!
Thank you, the pleasure’s mine, I can assure you, Dale
Right up my Nile-o-phile alley as I have a great affinity for all things Egyptian. Thanks for a fabulous tour, dear Keith!
I’m pleased you enjoyed strolling and floating through them, Nancy. Being there was an incredible experience.
I can only imagine in my wildest dreams!
Thank you Keith for sharing this part of Egypt with us. I don’t think I’ll ever go there in person.
I’m so pleased I had the opportunity.Thank you, Sadje.
You’re very welcome ☺️
It looks so magical there
I would love to visit all these places. What great shots.
Hubby and I will join you for a beer and some snacks. Delicious looking.
Thank you for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday and rest of the week, Keith. 🙂
More than welcome, Sandee!
It’s like another world, Beth!
Thank you for sharing this tour, Keith! I always wanted to visit Egypt, but never had the chance. Your fabulous travelogue is the next-best thing. Spectacular ancient wonders! 😍
Thanks, Debbie. If you had, I know you would have been amazed, just as I was.
Wow. YOu have really seen a lot, haven’t you? You must get great joy going over these photos and reliving the memories? I’d love to go there. Hopefully one day. Thank you for sharing!
It’s fun. I always have a photobook made when I return from a holidays and I love looking through them.
I hope you make it there. You won’t be disappointed!
I’m always astounded by ancient ruins.
Me too, how they survive centuries I do not know.
What a fascinating place. In think in reality it’s much more.
Lucky you that you’ve seen it and lucky me that I admire your photos!
Happy WW and a fine week!
It certainly is!
Thanks for lovely comment, Suzana
All that heavy stone carved int beautiful things and places built with that heavy stuff. It is amazing how long that must have all taken to created and how hard it would be without the machinery we have now. Those people were really something.
How they did it, I can’t imagine, and to still be standing centuries later is incredible.
Magnificent! You save me so much money from not having to travel! PS, I want your life!
Haha, travelling doesn’t come cheap! Cheers, Mitch
Such an exotic culture
It certainly is.
It must be an incredible place to see in real life. Those walls, and statues and everything else has been there for thousands of years. It’s interesting to think about how aspects of life along the Nile have been continuous, too.
It is, never before nor since have I seen anything like it.
These are wonderful photos! Egypt has such a timeless feel to it.
Thanks, Shiju, it certainly has.
Great photos and pristine idyllic scenes, exactly as I imagine Egypt to be like. I love the market photos and the obelisks. Wonderful share, Keith. Thank you.
I’m pleased you enjoyed seeing them, Suzette, thank you.
Beautiful photos. Never been, but loved visiting with your photo sharing. Had to be exciting to walk along those structures and images.
Thank you, it was an unforgetable experience.
Such a gift, Keith!
Your stunning photos bring Egypt right to us.
I doubt I’ll see it in person, so I’m grateful for this view.
Thanks so much for your kind words, Veronica.