Pictures of 04.26.00 -- Some highlights of Aswan

We had only 4 hours in which to see all of Aswan before having to head to the airport to catch a flight back to Cairo so we focused on 3 activities.
We started with the Temple of Philae. This temple is most interesting because it was moved from Philae Island to a new location after the construction of the first Aswan dam had submerged the island (and so the temple) for at least half of each year. When you see the size of the temple, it's remarkable that it could have been moved. To get to it, we took a motorboat to the island it is on. On the way, we recorded everyone's looks ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260011 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260012 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260014 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260016 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260021 including those of our boat driver ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260022 where we had come from ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260013 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260015 and where we were going ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260018 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260019 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260020 We also enlisted Benjamin as our tour guide at one point. ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260023
Once on the island, we saw the temple in its granduer ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260024 including an engraving that had been chiseled out ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260025 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260026 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260027 The columns were once again of varied styles ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260035 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260032 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260028 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260036 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260038 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260039 including this one where the ankh and arrow were explained ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260043 The engravings were impressive once again ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260033 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260034 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260031 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260037 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260044 and our guide worked our way through a few more hieroglyphics ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260029 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260030 and we took a ceiling picture ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260040 We also saw the largest blocks to be moved ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260041 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260042
The ride back gave us a chance for a last view of the temple ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260046 and the old Aswan Dam ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260045 Back on the shore we took the obligatory picture of the phone booth that had been taken over by the spice salesman ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260047
Next it was on to the new Aswan Dam where we took a picture of the river flowing north ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260048 and a lot of pictures of people in our group from various angles ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260049 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260050 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260051 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260052 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260053 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260054
Our final stop was a fellucca ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260079 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260061 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260081 ride on the Nile ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260078 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260082 Our pictures are divided among scenes of the shore ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260055 (black lines mark where the level was before the Dam) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260056 (notice engravings on rocks) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260059 (Cataract Hotel where they filmed Murder on the Nile) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260060 (temple at the Nubian Museum) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260068 (Aga Kahn's mansion) ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260076 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260077 (side of the boat) and the collection ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260067 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260069 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260075 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260080 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260091 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260092 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260093 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260094 which are designed to give a sense of the experience.
We also took a lot of people photos ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260057 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260058 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260062 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260063 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260064 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260066 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260071 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260072 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260085 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260089 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260090 including some in profile ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260065 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260070 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260084 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260087 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260088 some misaimed ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260073 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260074 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260083 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/04.26.00Aswan//P4260086