The Day's Schedule |
Minaret on the Isna riverfront |
Isna riverfront |
Isna riverfront |
Mosque along the riverfront, Isna |
The Nile at Isna with the dam in the distance |
Abercrombie & Kent's Nile Adventurer tied up at Isna |
Isna Corniche |
Isna Corniche |
The impressive Bank of Alexandria, Isna |
Isna Corniche |
Tourist souq between the Nile and the Temple of Khunum |
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Temple of Khnum, Isna |
Graeco-Roman Temple of Khnum, Isna, one of the last to be built in Ancient Egypt |
The Temple of Khnum at Isna was built under Ptolemy VI (180-145 BC) |
Khnum, the ram-headed god was the creator of people. The "Great Potter" modeled them from Nile clay for Ra to give life to |
Khnum as the creator forming a child on his potters wheel |
Isna was built under Ptolemy VI in the Graeco-Roman period |
Pharoah wearing the Peshent, the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt |
Horus and Thoth annointing Pharoah with the Key of Life in the presence of Sekhmet |
Horus and Thoth annointing Pharoah with the Key of Life in the presence of Sekhmet |
Horus annointing Pharoah |
Menhit, the the lion headed goddess of war, The Slaughterer, wife of Khnum |
The Temple of Khnum at Isna lies well below modern street level |
Temple of Khnum at Isna |
Hypostyle Hall, Isna |
The columns of the Hypostyle Hall still retain some color |
Palm Capital, Isna |
Each of the 24 columns have a different capital |
Temple of Khnum, Isna |
Hypostyle Hall, Isna |
Maat, goddess of justice, seated, receiving offerings |
Maat, goddess of justice, seated, receiving offerings |
Amun seated, receiving offerings. Roman emperors are depicted as Pharoahs |
Hypostyle Hall, Isna |
Nile fish and birds in a net. The hieroglyphic inscriptions beneath date from 250 AD and are the last known ever recorded |
12 m column, Isna |
Khnum and the other gods riding Ra's solar barque |
Maat, Hathor, Thoth, , Khnum |
Khnum, the ram-headed god |
Isna |
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Harvest |
Amazing what minute details remain in the hieroglyphs after all these years |
Sobek, the crocodile-headed god |
Khnum wearing his distinctive crown |
Khnum and Satis, his consort, receiving offerings from king wearing crown of Lower Egypt, the deshret |
Pharoah smiting his enemies and feeding them to a lion |
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Isna Temple |
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Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Khnum at Isna |
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Khnum and his wife Menhit |
Isna Temple |
Temple of Khnum at Isna |
Khnum and pharoah wearing the hemhem, triple atef crown |
Menhit, The Slaughterer, wife of Khnum |
The modern town sits well above ancient ground level |
Temple of Khnum at Isna |
You can see here how much lower the ground level was in ancient times when the Temple of Khnum was built |
Isna |
Isna |
Isna |
Isna |
Market at Isna |
Market at Isna |
Market at Isna |
Isna |
Back to the boat after too short of a stop |