This was a quite remarkable temple. We docked the ship and
could see the temple from the side of the boat. We had the usual walk there
past the phone booth
past the cobra trainer
and through the bazaar
until we reached the entrance
and saw the temple
Our first stop was at the crocodile mummies
Once we got to the temple, we were impressed at how well it had been
preserved by being buried under water for so long.
Once inside the temple, there were the usual collection of columns,
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Our guide also showed us 2 other things of note.
This
is an indentation used to join stones. When temples have
been dismantled in order to be moved, they have found pieces of wood and bronze
in these indentations.
And, this
was the chamber of holies where the priests went to imitate the gods
when greeting the king.
Our last stop at the site was at an old Roman statue
that had been built at the site in a later period.
On the way back we took a few pictures from different angles
of the temple at sunset
We were a few minutes late getting back to the ship
so our neighbors pulled up their plank and sailed away
leaving a small gap
to be bridged. Eventually the Helios got its bridge up
and we could proceed
Unfortunately the whole operation took about half an hour and
so we got to Aswan that much later.