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This was an unusual temple because it is on the West Bank which is usually reserved for tombs (sunset) with the East Bank used for temples. It was buried in sand for thousands of years and so is very well preserved. The boat had arrived at the dock during the night and we headed out early in the morning past the picture of Mubarak took the obligatory phone booth pictures and reached the bazaar outside the temple. The outside walls were impressive

both for their architecture and for their engravings which were mostly not hieroglyphics. They were guarded by these friendly statues and to the side you could see further ruins still being developed They were set against the neighboring houses and well guarded

Next we entered the temple which has high standards and saw the usual collection of hieroglyphics columns which come in varied styles engravings

and ceiling

images. These were impressive because it is a later temple (Ptolemaic period built by the father of Cleopatra VII the Cleopatra). We also saw the throne of the gods the boat that Horus' wife took to come visit

Our time was up, so we got ready to go and made our way back through the bazaar