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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Middle East, North Africa & the Caucasus >> Egypt مصر >> Nile Cruise Luxor-Aswan >> Isna | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 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 |
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