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| Susan | profile | all galleries >> Egypt 2006 >> Day 5 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 road to Valley of the Kings |
 the tuf-tuf - a noisy tractor dressed up to look like a train - ferries visitors between the entrance and the tombs |
 the canyon now known as the Valley of the Kings is a place of death, where nothing grows on its steep, scorching cliffs |
 the isolated valley is dominated by the pyramid-shaped mountain of Al-Qurn (The Horn) |
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 some 62 tombs have been excavated in the valley, although not all belong to pharaohs |
 Tomb of Tutankhamun |
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 road to Temple of Hatshepsut |
 Temple of Hatshepsut |
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 rising out of the desert plain, the Temple of Hatshepsut merges with the sheer limestone cliffs |
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 the First Colonnade |
 transporting and erecting of obelisks |
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 ramp leading up to the Second Terrace |
 falcon guarding the Second Terrace |
 on the right and at the corner is a fine portico of proto-Doric columns |
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 ÆNÀY¯« Sokar »P King Tuthmosis III |
 the partly rock-cut, partly freestanding structure is oneof the finest monuments of ancient Egypt |
 Third Colonnade |
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 hieroglyphic carvings |
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 ANUBIS (black dog) - god of ancient Egypt |
 胡狼神 Anubis 是木乃伊和陵墓的保護神，經常以胡狼頭人身甚至整頭胡狼出現在陵墓壁畫和陪葬品上。 |
 眾神之首阿蒙神 (Amun)，在新王國時期和太陽神 Ra 結合而被提升為眾神之王、法老之父，多以頭戴高帽的男性形象出現。 |
 scenes of birds being caught in nets |
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 in the Hathor Chapel, each of the 12 columns is topped by the goddess' image |
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 to be noted are the volutes around the shrine with sun cobras, which seem to anticipate Ionian capital by a thousand years |
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 stores lining the road |
 Colossi of Memnon |
 門農石像，原本是 Amenhotep III 殉葬用的神廟，後來神廟倒塌了，只剩下今天的兩座巨像。 |
 daybreak |
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 river boat to temples of Luxor and Karnak |
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 temples facing the Nile |
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 traditional feluccas and modern boats |
 Temple of Luxor |
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 entrance - a 24m high wall |
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 Avenue of Sphinxes |
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 some colossal statues of Ramses II |
 pink granite obelisk at the back |
 Ramses II |
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 hieroglyphs of Ramses II on the upper right arm |
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 Triple-barque Shrine and the Mosque Abu al-Haggag |
 Triple-barque Shrine |
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 Mosque of Abu al-Haggag |
 Great Court of Ramses II |
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 Colonnade of Amenhotep III |
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 Court of Amenhotep III |
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 Hypostyle Hall - features 4 rows of 8 columns each |
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 feast of the annual Opet Festival |
 symbol of man-dom ? |
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 Temple of Karnak |
 神廟的門口是一道 32 米高、15 米厚的城牆，一排獅身公羊頭石像在門外保護著。 |
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 進入大門後是一個大院，旁邊是兩座小神廟。這裡最突出的是一支巨大的圓石柱，它高約 21 米，本來共有十支石柱，但今天只剩下一支完整的。 |
 還有兩排廢置的獅身公羊頭石像。 |
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 通過第二道城牆後，是一座十分宏偉的柱廊大廳，內有 134 根巨大石柱，中間最大的一排高 22 米。 |
 每柱直徑 3.4 米，要數人才能合抱。 |
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 中間一排的石柱頂上刻有紙莎草 (pyparus) 狀柱頭，柱上亦刻有雕刻。 |
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 再往內走，先後可見兩支方尖碑 (obelisk)，其中較高一支為女王 Hatshepsut 為阿蒙神而建，高達 29.2 米，是埃及最高的一支。 |
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 方尖碑 (obelisk) |
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 尼羅河上有很多富有古埃及特色的帆船 felucca |
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 豪華郵輪 |
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 接載短途客到小島的帆船較小，只有坐位沒有臥位。 |
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