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how to reincarate karnak?

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:45:22 -0800

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does this mean sitting and watching??? or are they taking turns?

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Heilig Water @ Karnak - sooc :) - explored

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:39:59 -0800

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Dit meer symboliseerde het oerwater of Noen; daaruit werd volgens de mythen de wereld geschapen. Het water is afkomstig uit de Nijl en speelde een rol in de rituelen die de priesters uitvoerden.

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karnak pretty much sooc!

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:38:06 -0800

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Karnak - الكرنك - Obelisk

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:26 -0800

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Medinet Habu - tempel of Ramses III

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:30:21 -0800

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Last week was a bit of a culture shock. A great idea with only a week of preparation.
A week of holiday escaping the cold to the wonderful seaside shores of Hurghada.
So close to Luxor, i could not resist to book a bus tour with my friend to see the many wonders of the old egyptians.

After an early wake up call (4:30), we were off to Luxor by tour buss. A 3 (egyptian) hrs drive to Luxor trough te slowly ligthing desert was waiting for us. Amazing rays of sun gave color to the desert mountains as we picked up our personal under cover police agent who was specially assigned to our "dutch" bus. (What a job :( from 6am till 10pm and no one talking to you).

The bus supposed to be brand new, leaving the fabric in 2012... but like more things in Egypt, nothing is what the seems te be. It could not spoil our anticipation of the comming wonders.
Stopping in the middle op the dessert for a 15 pound (approx 2 euro) cup of coffee at a bedouin coffeeshop was a cold shower waking us up.

Lots of information from the tour guide, (who was quite a good dutch speaker ) and al the visual information from the outside made me silent. Egypt is so beautiful but also so different than Europe, almost like a culture shock.

I will post some more photos soon with some of the impressions and stories. For now i make it an early night.

This photo was the last stop in Luxor before returning to Hurghada. Medinet Habu is a underrated tempel with a lot less tourists than Hatsjepsoet. During sunset, (being alsmost alone in the temple) the light did spectacular things with the structures, hieroglyphs and with me. I was stunned, flabergasted.

The tourguide warned us about the guides in the temple. But they new the nicest places. So with to friends I followed them. After showing us some great places we took photo's with them and of course gave them a little money which is normal in Egypt and keeps the economy and families running.
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HABU TEMPLE

in dutch : nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel_van_Ramses_III_(Medinet_Haboe)
egypte-info-site.nl/medinet-haboe-tempel.html

in englisch
www.touregypt.net/featurestories/habu.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medinet_Habu_(temple)
Medinet Habu is the name commonly given to the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, an important New Kingdom period structure in the location of the same name on the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. Aside from its intrinsic size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III.

Description
The temple, some 150 m long, is of orthodox design, and resembles closely the nearby mortuary temple of Ramesses II (the Ramesseum). The temple precinct measures approximately 700 ft (210 m). by 1,000 ft (300 m) and contains more than 75,350 sq ft (7,000 m2) of decorated wall reliefs.[1] Its walls are relatively well preserved and it is surrounded by a massive mudbrick enclosure, which may have been fortified. The original entrance is through a fortified gate-house, known as a migdol (a common architectural feature of Asiatic fortresses of the time).
Just inside the enclosure, to the south, are chapels of Amenirdis I, Shepenupet II and Nitiqret, all of whom had the title of Divine Adoratrice of Amun.
The first pylon leads into an open courtyard, lined with colossal statues of Ramesses III as Osiris on one side, and uncarved columns on the other. The second pylon leads into a peristyle hall, again featuring columns in the shape of Ramesses. This leads up a ramp that leads (through a columned portico) to the third pylon and then into the large hypostyle hall (which has lost its roof). Reliefs and actual heads of foreign captives were also found placed within the temple perhaps in an attempt to symbolise the king's control over Syria and Nubia.
In Coptic times, there was a church inside the temple structure, which has since been removed. Some of the carvings in the main wall of the temple have been altered by coptic carvings.

Excavation
Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899, under the auspices of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. During these decades the main temple was cleared, a large number of Coptic period buildings removed and the site made accessible to visitors.
The further excavation, recording and conservation of the temple has been facilitated in chief part by the Architectural and Epigraphic Surveys of University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, almost continuously since 1924.

Huge Egyptian @ habu - sooc - explored

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:54:47 -0800

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The Colossi of Memnon

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:49:24 -0800

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossi_of_Memnon

The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years (since 1350 BC) they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor.

The twin statues depict Amenhotep III (fl. 14th century BC) in a seated position, his hands resting on his knees and his gaze facing eastwards (actually SSE in modern bearings) towards the river. Two shorter figures are carved into the front throne alongside his legs: these are his wife Tiy and mother Mutemwiya. The side panels depict the Nile god Hapy.
The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which was quarried at el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo) and transported 675 km (420 mi) overland to Thebes. (They are too heavy to have been transported upstream on the Nile.)[citation needed] The blocks used by later Roman engineers to reconstruct the eastern colossus may have come from Edfu (north of Aswan). Including the stone platforms on which they stand – themselves about 4 m (13 ft) – the colossi reach a towering 18 m (60 ft) in height and weigh an estimated 720 tons each [1][2][3] The two figures are about 15 m (50 ft) apart.
Both statues are quite damaged, with the features above the waist virtually unrecognizable. The western (or southern) statue is a single piece of stone, but the eastern (or northern) figure has a large extentive crack in the lower half and above the waist consists of 5 tiers of stone. These upper levels consist of a different type of sandstone, and are the result of a later (Roman Empire) reconstruction attempt. It is believed that originally the two statues were identical to each other, although inscriptions and minor art may have varied.
The original function of the Colossi was to stand guard at the entrance to Amenhotep's memorial temple (or mortuary temple): a massive cult centre built during the pharaoh's lifetime, where he was worshipped as a god-on-earth both before and after his departure from this world. In its day, this temple complex was the largest and most opulent in Egypt. Covering a total of 35 hectares (86 acres), even later rivals such as Ramesses II's Ramesseum or Ramesses III's Medinet Habu were unable to match it in area; even the Temple of Karnak, as it stood in Amenhotep's time, was smaller.

Side panel detail showing two flanked relief images of the deity Hapi and, to the right, a sculpture of the royal wife Tiy
With the exception of the Colossi, however, very little remains today of Amenhotep's temple. Standing on the edge of the Nile floodplain, successive annual inundations gnawed away at the foundations – a famous 1840s lithograph by David Roberts shows the Colossi surrounded by water – and it was not unknown for later rulers to dismantle, purloin, and reuse portions of their predecessors' monuments.

Memnon was a hero of the Trojan War, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies from Africa into Asia Minor to help defend the beleaguered city but was ultimately slain by Achilles. The name Memnon means "Ruler of the Dawn", and was probably applied to the colossi because of the reported cry at dawn of one of the statues (see below). Eventually, the entire Theban Necropolis became generally referred to as the Memnonium.
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De Kolossen van Memnon zijn twee enorme standbeelden van farao Amenhotep III op de westoever van de Nijl nabij Luxor.
De beelden zijn gemaakt van kwartsiet, zo'n 3400 jaar geleden, dat waarschijnlijk kwam van de groeve in Gizeh. De beelden zijn zo'n 20 meter hoog.
Oorspronkelijk stonden de twee standbeelden aan de poort van de tempel ter ere van de farao. Deze tempel was destijds een van de grootste met zijn 35 hectare.
In 27 v. Chr. raakte een van de beelden ernstig beschadigd. Dit kwam ofwel door een aardbeving in het gebied, ofwel - want Egypte is nooit een aardbevingsgebied geweest - door de plunderingen van koning Cambyses. Sindsdien begon dat beeld bij zonsopgang een vaag, fluitend geluid te maken. Dit verschijnsel wordt door vele geschiedschrijvers, zoals Strabo, Pausanias en Tacitus verhaald. Enkele reizigers meenden er een trieste zang in te herkennen, en al vlug ontstond er een kleurrijke legende rond deze 'zingende steen'.
Het gegil zou van de Ethiopische koning Memnon zijn. Memnon zou in de Trojaanse Oorlog Antilochos hebben gedood, maar zelf later uit wraak door Achilles zijn gedood. Zijn moeder, Eos, zou Zeus gesmeekt hebben Memnon onsterfelijkheid te geven. Aangezien Eos de godin van de dageraad was, past dat in het plaatje van het beeld dat begon met gillen bij zonsopgang.
Hoe mooi dit ook moge klinken, het is waarschijnlijker dat er een natuurlijke oorzaak is voor de 'fluitende steen'. Door het verschil tussen koude nacht en warme dag springen er iedere dag steendeeltjes los op de breukplaats. Er werd een eind aan het gegil gemaakt door keizer Septimius Severus, die de beelden liet restaureren.

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolossen_van_Memnon

de zuilen van karnak - explored

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:13 -0800

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habu tempel sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:36:04 -0800

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Once more Medinet Habu

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So few people were there that is was possible to make this photo. I think it is amazing that you can still see all the details on the walls. The wonderfull Hieroglyps make this site and the other amazing structures a realy life open air museum.
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nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramses_III
Ramses III was de tweede vorst uit de 20e Dynastie en wordt beschouwd als de laatste grote farao. Ramses III regeerde van (ca.) 1194-1163 v.Chr. en was de opvolger van Sethnacht die van (ca.) 1196-1194 v Chr. regeerde, en daarmee de "opvolger" was van koningin Tawosret (19e Dynastie). Onder hem vindt sociale en bestuurlijke hervorming plaats. Mede door deze hervorming krijgen de tempels meer autonomie, wat mede zal leiden tot een heerschappij van de hogepriesters in de volgende dynastieën. Ramses III werd bij een paleisrevolutie om het leven gebracht. Hij werd opgevolgd door Ramses IV.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_III
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Santiago Cathedral

nobody@flickr.com (Donna Da Yettta - @work & study) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:23:33 -0800

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