Poor Frankie is going to be neutered today, he doesn't know it yet though.
Hopefully, it will stop him trying to hump our 8 year old Pug, Pip.
Am also hoping our other 2 cats will be nicer to him
In ancient temples and monuments the giant stones were locked together by chiselling holes in the stones.
At which point a piece of wood was cut and shaped, slightly smaller than the hole.
After this, water was added, this helped the wood expand, and thereby locking the stones in place.
Examples are all over Egypt, but this particular one is from tge Temple at Karnak, a stunning example of craft, skill and hard work
A useful guide for the Ancient Egyptian God's.
Bought from the gift shop at the Karnak Temple in Luxor.
Reasonably priced too, only 700 Egyptian pounds.
Got plenty more updates as I go through my photo's, but will ensure everything is properly annotated, etc
Whilst in Egypt is started collecting fridge magnets of some of the places, temples, towns and cities.
Next time we go, there will be more
Even whilst having a poor Internet connection on holiday on the Nile
Mainly banana trees, but absolutely beautiful
Just discovered a potential new tomb! :)
One of the hottest places we have visted, 40 degrees centigrade.
This 20m long obelisk was carved over the course of 7 months, out of pure granite.
During the final stages a workman ended up creating a crack in the stone, he was most likely severely reprimanded, at least.
A worker there showed us how they were carved, using an even stronger stone, the name of which escapes me.
During the demonstration he gave each of us a little piece of granite. This will be treasured for ever.
The stones were moved via sand ramps to a huge boat that would carry it to the designated temple, monument or tomb.
The boat would havexat least 20 other smaller boats at each side to help with the load.
Yet another amazing place to visit.
Its in the city of Azwan.
You never know where you will end up.
Woke up in Edfu, like stepping back in time
We visited the Valley of the King's today in Luxor, and King Tuts final resting place.
His tomb is not as overly decorated as are others within the Valley.
His decorations consist of Baboons, representing the passing of time, 1 Baboon per hour.
His tomb was originally planned for another of Egypts rulers.
After the grandiose of the GEM, this doesn't seem fitting for such a world renowned icon.
But due to the state of his mummification, anything else would have resulted in the total destruction of what remains of this young King.
RIP King
Seeing this in real life is truly wonderful
The sphinx and the great pyramids in Cairo
I will add more photos as time permits, but all I can say is WOW!!
We are at Manchester Airport on our way to Cairo 😀
Dreamed of this day for 45 years.
Tomorrow the great pyramids and the sphinx, GEM too.
Plenty of photos during our stay, WiFi connections permitting
Dreamt of this place since I was 10, a long time ago, just 4 more days to go.
Can't wait