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From the Temple of Philae to the Temple of Edfu, the revenge of a god is complete~ Egyptian mythology is that two gods and sisters got married and had 4 children, and then these 4 got married in pairs, and killed and resurrected each other...... Disorderly......

The Temple of Edfu has a famous statue of the Basalt Eagle God, which is famous because the expression is in place, the standard revenge expression. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In addition, there is a religious ritual here in ancient times, and the statue of the cow god, the wife of the eagle god, in a temple in Luxor, is carried here by boat for a few days to be reunited for a few days before being sent back.

When I went back to the boat, I still took the carriage when I came, because the driver took a picture of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo when I went, and when I came back, I kept signaling for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to give him money, and I talked all the way... Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo didn't give it in the end, and he didn't come to entangle. It is said that the day before, when someone in the group was riding in the carriage, he pulled the reins, and the driver asked him for a tip, 5 Egyptian pounds was not enough, and finally spared a box of cool oil.

Only two temple visits were arranged today, and the rest of the time was spent freely. In fact, it is really comfortable to take a boat on the Nile, the river is very calm, and there is no shaking feeling at all when you sail on it, and sometimes you can't tell whether it is in the river or on the shore.

Lay on the deck chairs on the roof of the boat and bask in the sun, read a book, and write something. The surrounding river reflects the shadows of the sand dunes and oases on the shore, and a few birds fly by from time to time, and the river breeze blows on your body, which is very comfortable - except in the summer, the sun is a little heavy.

It was about 5 p.m. The cruise ship will pass through a sluice, and there will be a drop of 6 or 7 meters between the upstream and downstream, and the principle is very simple. I won't explain it. What's more interesting is that when you arrive at the sluice, there will be vendors rowing boats on both sides of the cruise ship, holding their scarves and robes to show you, and constantly shouting Arabic-flavored "onedollar!" onedollar”。 If a visitor catches their eye on one, they will throw it up for you to pick carefully, and they will also throw a few more pieces up. If you don't pick it, throw it back, and if you win, throw it back in the money folder you don't want. Sometimes there are times when you miss. For example, vendors are thrown on top of the awning, or tourists are thrown into the water. They don't care.

Don't be lazy when you're on the Nile, going to bed late and waking up early is sometimes a must, such as the sunrise in the morning, which is about 4 or 5 o'clock in the summer. If you want to see it, you have to get up early. However, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo never got up, and the sunset basically didn't fall much.

Internet access is difficult on cruise ships, and transatlantic calls are a bit outrageous, 20 Egyptian pounds a minute. Therefore, if you need to contact China when traveling to Egypt, it is best to do a good job of international telephone service in China. For example, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were on the train on the first day, and on the cruise ship for the last three days, and they were not able to get in touch with their families for several days in a row (in fact, all the hotels where Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo stayed with the group were more expensive).

I'm leaving the cruise ship today, and I'm more surprised that Mirad still arranged the Valley of the Kings for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. However, it is a self-paid item. Despite their own expense, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo decided to go. So today will be more difficult, because of the adjustment of the cruise time before. The Temple of the Queen and the Statue of Memnon on the west bank of the Nile were postponed by a day, and the temporary addition of the Valley of the Kings meant that there were 3 temples and 1 Valley of the Kings today, and a departure to the Red Sea by 3pm. So, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo got up at 5 o'clock.

Luxor was the capital of ancient Egypt for a long time, then called Thebes. It means a city protected by the gods. And now it is called Luxor because the Arabs came here and saw countless temples and thought they were royal palaces. So the city that called it the royal palace was Luxor.

After the pharaohs of ancient Egypt ascended the throne, they were keen on two things in architecture - building temples and tombs, so Luxor, as the ancient capital, was naturally full of temples and tombs. Millard said that two-thirds of the world's cultural relics are in Luxor, which may need to be verified, but many of the cultural relics here are certain.

There are more than 60 burial chambers in the Valley of the Kings, including those of pharaohs, princes, and priests. Milard's explanation was very funny, he said in his Arabic Chinese: "The original pharaohs chose the pyramids as burial grounds, but this was easy to be discovered and robbed, so when Thutmose I found this situation and said that this was not possible, he began to choose the Valley of the Kings as the tomb" - I don't know who taught him.

It is said that the temperature in the desert on the west bank of the Nile is really not covered, and it was not so hot when I first arrived in the morning, but it didn't take long for it to start to be exposed to the sun + high temperature, and the sweat was dripping from the body. The ancient Egyptians believed that the sun rises from the east, so the east is where the living live, and the west is where the dead live, so there are many cemeteries on the west bank of the Nile, and the pyramids are also on the west. There seem to be many reasons why the bird does not poop is chosen, including: it is not easy to find, close to the mountain, the temperature is high, and the dry and easy to preserve the mummy.

You can visit 3 burial chambers with one ticket, and it is unrealistic to choose which ones to go to in advance, because some burial chambers will be closed in turn, and which ones may not be open when you actually come.

Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo visited the tombs of three Ramses, in the order of the fourth, third, and first. The reason why you must come and see the Valley of the Kings is because of the murals. The murals of the Valley of the Kings are amazing, the paintings from thousands of years ago are still colored to this day, as if they have just been colored, and even everyone thinks that they have been recolored after excavation. The burial chamber is a long passage leading to the sarcophagus, and when you look inside from the outside, you can see that all four walls are covered with brightly colored murals, which is very stunning.

However, almost all the funerary goods in the Valley of the Kings are gone, except for Tutankhamun's tomb, which was not stolen but moved to the Egyptian Museum. The pharaohs had gone to great lengths to leave behind a great deal of wealth, but now they had nothing left.

Tutankhamun's tomb requires a separate ticket, which is said to be of little significance, and his tomb is not as good as other pharaohs, and the reason why it is charged separately is only because he is more famous and has mummies inside. In addition, there are some interesting and speechless phenomena in the Valley of the Kings, such as turning corners in the middle of the tombs, borrowing the tombs of ancestors, and even digging up other people's tombs.

After meeting up with everyone who did not participate in the Valley of the Kings project, we arrived at the Temple of Hatshepsut.

Hua and Egypt, two ancient civilizations, also have some similar coincidences, including the presence of a female ruler. Hatshepsut is probably the only true female pharaoh in ancient Egypt (Cleopatra was not Egyptian, after all, and her period is no longer counted as a pharaonic dynasty; There was also a female pharaoh of the transitional period, but she did not rule all of Egypt), but there are few records of her, because after her death, her temples, statues, and frescoes were vandalized, perhaps with vengeance. Thutmose III was only 8 years old when he ascended the throne, so his mother Hatshepsut took over the throne and later simply became pharaoh herself, and Thutmose III became pharaoh again after her death. There seems to be no record of how she died, and whether the destruction was revenge on his son's part, no one can say.

The Queen's Temple is characteristic, with three tiers in the form of a terrace, the third of which is inside the mountain. In the middle of the temple, there is a long staircase leading to the shrine, which is very spectacular, and the first sight is a bit like seeing the Forbidden City. The temple mainly records a story made up by the queen herself, that she is the daughter of the sun god and her mother, to show that she is qualified to be the king.

After so many days in Egypt, the sound of Arabic "onedollar" is endless, and there are vendors near almost all the attractions who keep shouting at you, and even rushing to you and pulling you to show you his goods. Among them, there are some children, holding some handicrafts that are really not delicate, and they are also shouting like this. One can't help but think that in such an environment, these children have been selling here since they were young, and they may be selling like this for the rest of their lives.

Out of the Queen's Temple, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo came to a village that sold marble carvings, to be honest, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo felt that the craftsmanship of modern Egypt was really not as good as it was back then. Of course, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo can't ask for a stone carving that costs tens or hundreds of dollars to be as fine as the statue of Nefertiti, but the statues that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo see here really feel a bit shoddy...... Maybe Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's aesthetics are also limited.

It is really a passing spot that can only be used as a landmark. The Memnon statue was originally located in front of the temple built by Amenhotep III, but the temple collapsed and only the weathered statue was left in isolation. Due to the severe weathering, the stone statue would make a sound similar to a cry when the wind passed, and the Romans came here to hear that it was whimsically reminiscent of their mythical hero Memnon, so they called it Memnon Stone Statue. However, the Egyptians later repaired the stone statue and never spoke again. Tickets for what appears to be West Bund attractions written in the book are sold here, so this is also a must-visit.

If you follow the itinerary of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, it is estimated that most people are already tired of the temple's aesthetics when they walk here. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's group have already said that they don't want to see the temple, because they feel that most of them are ethereal and similar myths, all of which are similar buildings and reliefs. But in fact, when you come to Egypt to do your homework, you should understand that you are looking at these, and if you have an understanding in advance, you won't feel so similar when you look at these temples, and there are still some differences in style and artistic level between temples in different periods.

To get back to the point, the morning is mainly on the west bank of the Nile, and the afternoon is spent on the east bank to visit the temple. The Karnak Temple, in fact, may be more accurately called the Karnak temple complex, because it is not just a temple, nor was it just completed by a single period. (To be continued)

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