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Dahabiya Nile Cruise on Amoura
// Christine Ghobrial // 21 Feb 2012 // 1 Comments
The closer to nature you get, the more yourself you become, without a doubt. Dahabiya Amoura is a trip about cruising th...
A Journey into Myself along the Nile
// Rana Ghaly // 21 Feb 2012 // 4 Comments
Several days passed while we were on sightseeing tours and visiting Pharaonic temples on the Nile cruise; sailing to a n...
Kom Ombo Temple Tour
// Christine Ghobrial // 21 Apr 2012 // 3 Comments
Dedicated to two gods in a city that was named after gold in the Greco Roman settlement where it shows in structure and ...
Edfu Temple, Where the god Horus Dwelled
// Christine Ghobrial // 25 Apr 2012 // 4 Comments
Halfway between Luxor and Aswan, Edfu is an upper Egyptian town that lies on the banks of the Nile which owns the second...
Only On A Dahabiya Nile Cruise (Gebel Silsila Tour)
// Christine Ghobrial // 2 May 2012 // 2 Comments
On our way from Edfu Temple to Kom Ombo Temple in Aswan, we’ve settled for one night at Gebel (hill or mountain) Silsi...
A Dahabiya is simply an Arabic word that means a golden boat, where Pharaohs used to sail the Nile in Ancient Egypt as means of transportation. Later on it was rented and owned by aristocrates to float on water with families around the 1920s and 1930s. Sailing on Dahabiya Amoura is Egyptolution's recommendation for such an old classic feel of wooden boats floating in time, and it is for those who are seeking precious times in serenity and reflection.
This happens to be a collection of my snapshots along the Nile cruise we've had at the beginning of February 2012 from Esna to Aswan on Amoura Dahabiya which was a blast. Never enjoyed photography as much as ever!
One of the top temples on the Nile valley that your boat or Nile cruise would have to stop by on your way down to Aswan. Kom Ombo temple is a double temple dedicated to two gods, Horus the elder and his wife goddess Hathor, mainly is god of victory and healing and Sobek, god of crocodiles. It was built in the Ptolemaic dynasty and takes after Greco-Roman architecture features.
Edfu Temple or rather be called Horus Temple, the falcon-headed god or the sky god whose eyes were the sun and the moon. Horus temple is the first complete second biggest temple after Karnak's in Egypt that was built in the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
On our way from Edfu Temple to Kom Ombo Temple in Aswan, actually the most spectacular heritage of Ancient Egypt and pharaohs in ptolemaic ages, we’ve settled for one night at Gebel Silsila (hill of chains), which is a great site that looks like a side hill of highs and lows sandstone formations that you won’t get to see except in daylight. Gebel Silsila is an ancient quarry that ancient Egyptians used to extract stones for columns and walls of those great temples.
Did you know that Philae Temple sruvived 40 years of being submerged under water and was removed, divided and reassembled back on Agilika island? 550 meters away from Philae island where it originally belonged, it was was rescued to stand as a magnificent temple of the Ancient Egypt. It was a whole restoration project that intended to save the temple from submerging in water after building the High Dam of Aswan. Absolutely, in the eyes of everyone, was quite a successful project in cooperation with Egyptian government and UNESCO to re-establish Philae complex again on safe grounds as sacred monuments in 1960.
Travel is not enjoyable unless you get to really taste and feel the traditional oriental local experiences of people and...
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