After my last blogpost, some of you out there may have concluded that I had reached the end of my Egypt posts. I am sorry to disappoint you because here's another Egypt post containing eight more of the photographs I took.
I suspected that the top picture - of an Egyptian policeman in The Valley of the Kings would prove especially appealing to any gay gentlemen who happen to visit this blog.
Below this marvellous block statue of Yamunedjeh caught my eye in Luxor Museum. He was a royal herald to Thuthmosis III who was reigning Egypt in 1450 BC...
Above, at Karnak Temple In Luxor, I spotted that cheeky sparrow having a rest on one of the criosphinxes. Below - tourists are circling the statue of a scarab beetle for good luck.
Above, Egyptian humour on a Nile ferryboat at Luxor. Below, the sign on a very famous tomb. Tutankhamun means living image of the god Amun.
Above I spotted this shop sign in Edfu. It will amuse some football,fans because Mo Salah is the name of Egypt's greatest ever player. Below - one of the most incredible things I saw in Egypt. It is the Nileometer on Elephantine Island, Aswan. The carved lines on that flight of very ancient stone steps were for marking annual flood levels. Flooding heralded fertility with more bountiful harvests to follow and thereby tax levels in Ancient Egypt could be adjusted up or down.
I am enjoying your Egypt photos. I spent a wonderful 2 weeks in Egypt about 25 years ago, cruise on the Nile, explored Elephantine Island, Luxor, Edfu, Deir el Bahari, Valley of the Queens and the Kings, Tutankhamun's tomb, Cairo, Alexandria. Definitely a country where it's helpful to study the history before arriving, so you know what you're looking at.
ReplyDeleteSeems like it is still clear in your memory Shammy. It sounds as though you were, like me, rather awestruck.
DeleteYou're on fascinating tour of art, culture and history.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you joined the trip Keith.
DeleteEffen taxes since the world began!
ReplyDeleteYou cannot develop a civilisation without taxation.
DeleteThe flood markers are very interesting. I assume they are dated in some for of writing.
ReplyDeleteI note, from a low base, your gaydar is developing.
Your are not the only gay fellow who visits this heterosexual blog Andrew. I guess that is how my gaydar has been developed.
DeleteI understand your fascination with the Nileometer. Such things can firmly capture my mind, too.
ReplyDeleteYamunedjeh's statue has a face that could come to life any second.
Hard to believe that Yamunedjeh's granite statue was carved and finished so expertly 3500 years ago.
DeleteMy Father was in Egypt during the war....(I think that is when he was there, Pay Corps with the RAF....so much to ask when it's too late)......he went with a group to Tutankhamun's tomb when Tut was still there! Photographs were forbidden, but he lagged behind and took one! He got his picture ,holding up the photo, in the Leicester Mercury many years later when they had run a story about the curse of the tomb and said he had "misbehaved" but didn't seem to be cursed.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been so bloody hot for your dad in Egypt's summer months. Maybe he was cursed for later he sired a very naughty daughter.
DeleteWhat a fascinating trip; to see a world so different from your own is wonderful, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteTo be there was far different from just reading about it Elle. Egypt came alive.
DeleteWell, as one of the gay gents who stops in every day, I thank your for the Hot Guard!
ReplyDeleteBut then for the statuary, too. I love all things Egyptian, from the temples to the hieroglyphics and statues.
I might have avoided the Titanic, though, cuz you never know ...
These photos are terrific. You sure got to see a lot of amazing sites!
ReplyDeleteLove the photos, especially of the nileometer. Taxes, some things never change.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are quite right regarding Mr. Policeman. And I loved they saved the box he came in. That'll be worth a lot to collectors.
ReplyDeleteMy father was a pilot on the Suez Canal. I would have been born in egypt had Nasser not nationalized the Suez Company. Have always fancied having Port Said as my place of birth.
ReplyDeleteEven the roof on that guard's post has a jaunty look to it.
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