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The garden in front of the Egyptian Museum. The museum may be for the sake of protecting cultural relics, the ventilation is poor, Nalan Shiqi felt depressed and uncomfortable, so she came out early, Yunluo was worried about her, so after listening to the tour guide's explanation, she also came out to accompany her. On a sunny afternoon, there is a rare green lawn in Cairo, which is very pleasant.

The entrance of the Egyptian Museum, and once out of the museum, in the dusty, noisy streets, dry climate, and surrounded by desert, it is impossible to have a clear window in Cairo. In addition, the interesting thing that can be seen everywhere in Cairo is that a large number of unfinished buildings that have already been inhabited, because the government promises to provide free water and electricity as long as the buildings are built, and the tax will be collected only after the building is capped, so the houses in Cairo "can never be built", and most of them are "not capped".

After leaving the Egyptian Museum, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo visited a papyrus shop. This once almost lost skill is now easily shown to visitors the whole process of papyrus papermaking. There are a lot of beautiful papyri in the shop, but the prices are not cheap either. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi insisted that the paintings had nowhere to be placed at home, so they did not buy them.

At Cairo Railway Station, that night, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were going to take the train to Aswan. Who would have thought that Cairo, the capital city, has only one platform at its train station. Trains entered the station, and groups of people poured into the cars. Many trains leave with their doors closed. I don't know if it's for the convenience of "getting off at any time". The train may arrive early or leave early, or it may arrive late, and the tour guide said that this is the same as the traffic jam in Cairo. When you can leave and when you can arrive, it is "Allah's arrangement".

On the train to Aswan, there are two people in the train, and after half an hour of driving, the waiter will bring dinner. The "unpalatable train dinner" criticized by many tourists, after Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi took out the pickles. It feels okay. After an hour of driving, the attendant will use a small key to unlock the bed board. The back of the sofa in the carriage will lie down and become the bed, and the upper bed board will be lowered to become another bed. Thankfully. The overall environment including the beds were very clean and I slept soundly after a tiring day.

Aswan shuttling between the modern and the ancient, Aswan Dam - Philae Temple - Unfinished Obelisk - Egypt, if dinner on the train to Aswan made many people complain, then breakfast on the train was enough to make people collapse - 5 loaves of bread per person, served with cream, butter, jam, etc., although the waiter will also bring coffee and black tea, but still can't eat. And. Because some of the bread was not sealed properly, the bread in the bag was full of dust.

Breakfast on the train to Aswan, just before getting off the train. Nalan Shiqi asked Yunluo to pat the washstand in the carriage again. This little sink, although the water flow is a bit small, is really practical. This is not seen in domestic trains.

The washstand on the train to Aswan was unbearable after an overnight flight past the pyramids, the Sphinx, and the Egyptian Museum. After another night on the train, I got on the train again without even taking a shower.

The first stop of the day is the Aswan Dam. As a matter of fact. In ancient Egypt, pharaohs had already built dams on the Nile, but because the ancient dams were built in places where both banks were dirt, the dams were not stable until the Aswan Dam was built. The Aswan Dam not only supports the electricity supply of almost all of Egypt, improves the region's climate effects, increases precipitation, and prevents the Nile River from flooding every year. Although the construction of the Aswan Dam is still controversial as the Three Gorges, the Nile Delta has been affected, flooding a large number of monuments and forcing large numbers of indigenous people to relocate...... However, as far as Egypt's national conditions are concerned, the construction of the dam is still suitable for the times.

When the car drives into the city of Aswan, you can see the vegetation, and Yunluo prefers this kind of sunshine to the dusty Cairo. The tour guide told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that Aswan is an area with relatively high temperatures throughout the year, and the highest temperature in summer can reach about 45 degrees.

On the Aswan Dam, brightly colored flowers bloom unrestrainedly. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's sightseeing car stopped on the dam, and workers were watering the greenery on the roadside. On one side is a low-lying wetland, while on the other, there is a large amount of water stored in the sea, which is mistaken for a wall cutting off the ocean.

The completion of the Aswan Dam can also be seen as a testimony to the support of the socialist countries to Egypt. When Egypt failed to borrow money from capitalist countries, the Soviet Union came to Egypt's aid and helped Egypt build the Aswan Dam. The construction of the dam also involved the hardships of the Egyptians, with more than 30,000 Egyptians involved in the construction and 451 people killed. The landmark in the distance in the photo is a testimony to the joint construction of the dam by the Soviet Union and Egypt.

Leaving the Aswan Dam, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo made their way to the banks of the Nile and took a boat to Philae Island. In the following days, it was discovered that many of the temples in Egypt were named after modern discoverers. The same is true for the Temple of Philae. This was originally the temple of the goddess Isis in ancient Egypt. The temple has a long history and was the last temple to abandon the worship of the goddess Isis. Historically, the goddess Isis played an extremely important role in Egyptian mythology, and was also regarded by Christianity as the main competitor in Egypt. The temple was originally submerged with the construction of the Aswan Dam, which may have been permanently submerged, but was later rediscovered after being cut and moved in one piece.

On the walls of the temple, a vivid image of Horus, the son of Isis, avenging his father, is still carved. Photography is not allowed in the main hall, and the murals inside are also very vivid and exquisite.

For example, the stone pillars in the temple can be seen in various monuments in Egypt, and the lotus flower representing Upper Egypt and the papyrus representing Lower Egypt are in the shape of columns. The lotus flower and papyrus represent all of Egypt and are planted in the pond in front of the Egyptian Museum that I visited today.

The god Horus in the temple of Ferrai is presented in front of people in the form of a human body headed by an eagle, and the ancient Egyptian pharaohs claimed to be the son of Isis, so the image of the god Horus behind them is often seen on their statues.

Leaving Philae by boat, it has to be said that looking at the Temple of Isis on the water gives more reverie.

The last stop of the day, the unfinished obelisk. This scenic spot actually looks at such a stele, because it was found that there was a problem with the stone material halfway through the carving, so it was abandoned, and because of this, future generations can understand the process of stone stele carving, transportation and erection methods.

At the end of the day's trip, it is time to stay on the Nile cruise, and the room is the level of a three-star hotel in China. On the ship, the ceiling is relatively low, and the buffet on the ship is not bad.

Abu Simbel Temple, Egypt - Koompo Temple

The Abu Simbel temple was a self-paid item for the trip, and Nalan Shiqi abandoned the project because he was too lazy to see the temple and didn't want to get up early, while Yunluo spent $120 and climbed up at 3 a.m. with a lot of curiosity about the legendary Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II.

The hall of the cruise ship gathered, sleepy, a little unable to open its eyes. But the most interesting thing here is the foreigners on the boat, who come out one by one with big pillows, which is really a "beautiful and peculiar" scenery.

It takes 3 hours to get to Abu Simbel Temple, and the road is escorted by the police. Yunluo secretly muttered in his heart how much the 120 US dollars would be for the police, while re-brewing sleepiness, leaning on the side of the bed of the bus, covering Yunluo's own air-conditioned blanket, and falling asleep.

Sunrise shooting location in the desert on the way to Abu Simbel Temple. At 5 o'clock in the morning, Yunluo was woken up by the sudden sound of talking in the car, and looked out, it turned out to be the sunrise in the desert. Swiftly took out his camera and took a picture, and at this time it was not far from the Abu Simbel Temple. The doorway of the Abu Simbel Temple. Photography is not allowed inside the temple of Abu Simbel, so to speak, Yunluo thinks that the trip is worthwhile, this temple built on the mountain, the majestic spirit, the statue of Ramses II stands here, showing his immortal exploits and undefeated myths, but also showing his union with the Nubian national wife, which means the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt and peace with neighboring countries.

One of the four stone statues in front of the temple of Abu Simbel has its head on the ground, and it is not known if it was caused by the relocation of the temple after the completion of the Aswan Dam.

The small temple that accompanies the flank is none other than that of the Nubian wife of Ramses II. Due to the relatively concentrated time of visiting the Abu Simbel Temple, it is not easy to take a picture of the absence of others. Nalan Shiqi is not around, so he has the right to take a shadow of himself and talk about it as a commemoration.

Returning from Abu Simbel Temple, the cruise ship starts again and heads to the next stop, the Kowenpo Temple. On the deck of the cruise, you can enjoy afternoon tea and swim in the pool on deck, albeit small.

As the sun set, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo finally arrived at the Koongpo Temple. This heavily weathered temple has two gates dedicated to two deities. One is the god Horus, the god of the good eagle in the mouth of the Egyptians, and the god Sobic is the god of crocodile and the god of crocodiles that the Egyptians fear.

Despite the temple's severe weathering, the text on its walls is still clearly visible and the reliefs are still lifelike. With the lights installed in the temple, the thousand-year-old reliefs still look exquisite.

The Temple of Edfu is a large temple between Aswan and Luxor, and is the temple of the god Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis and Osiris's younger brother Set framed Osiris and killed him twice, while Horus avenged his father and eventually succeeded in eliminating Seth. (To be continued)

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