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- Traverse of the Theban Plateau, Part Five: The Expedition (1)
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
A First Visit to the Temple of Amun at Karnak
It is no exaggeration to say that I had thought, and dreamed, of Karnak pretty regularly since first seeing a picture of the great hypostyle hall in a newspaper supplement while waiting outside a fish and chip shop one day in the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient, Egypt, Locations, Luxor / Thebes, Temples
Tagged Amun, Karnak, temple of karnak
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First Attempt at Crossing the Theban Plateau (Part 3)
[360-degree video taken on the “Farshut Road”, four miles (seven kilometres) in a direct line from the Valley of the Kings, 11th January 2015]
Posted in Egypt, Landscape, Luxor / Thebes
Tagged farshut Road, Qurna Bend, Theban Hills, Theban plateau
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First Attempt at Crossing the Theban Plateau (Part 2)
Wolves? In a desert country like Egypt? As we’d sped along the Cairo to Aswan road the day before, I thought it might be a mistranslation from Thore’s native Norwegian. “Did you see it Ahmed? Bigger than a dog I … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Landscape, Locations, Luxor / Thebes
Tagged African Wolf, farshut Road, Theban Hills, Theban plateau
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First Attempt at Crossing the Theban Plateau (Part 1)
Sunday January 11th, 2015 Following a 5.30 breakfast I head towards the ferry, my breath rising up before me in the cold morning air. One of the men huddled by a brazier offers to call me a taxi and I … Continue reading
Posted in Egypt, Landscape, Luxor / Thebes, Valley of the Kings
Tagged farshut Road, Theban Hills, Theban plateau, Valley of the Kings
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