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| Susan | profile | all galleries >> Egypt 2006 >> Day 3 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 getting off at Aswan station the next morning 9am |
 inside the Aswan train station |
 the station building |
 business bustling around the station area |
 the Unfinished Obelisk (approx 1168 tonnes) |
 three sides of the shaft, approx 42m long, were completed except for the inscriptions |
 Aswan High Dam |
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 the road to Abu Simbel |
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 police hut |
 passing thru the desert |
 mirage |
 mirage |
 Lake Nasser and one of the jetties. 納瑟湖是因亞斯旺水霸的興建、蓄水而成的。 |
 Great Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel (阿布辛貝神廟) |
 statues of Ramses II sit majestically, staring out across the desert as if looking thru time itself |
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 the falcon-headed sun god Ra-Harakhty |
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 Battle of Kadesh - captives tied up |
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 Temple of Hathor, Abu Simbel. 刻有六尊石像，其中四尊為拉美西斯二世本人，另兩尊為他的愛妻 Nefertari。 |
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 ANKH, "Egyptian cross", symbol of eternity |
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 garden outside the Temples |
 not complete without shops and one dollar ... one dollar |
 police escort |
 desert at night |
 desert at night |
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 stopover to stretch the legs |
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 M/S Mirage I - our "home" for next 3 days |
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 reception area |
 stairs to rooms |
 dining room |
 intensive shopping |
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 handicrafts |
 great way with your towels |
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 "not suitable for children unaccompanied by adults" |
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 the newly weds |
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 the 3 great hands |
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