EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at al Wādī al JadīdAl Ashrāf al BaḩrīyahMa‘bad Dandarah26°8’35” N 32°40’14” E
22 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Dendera is one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. Evidence has been found that suggests that temples existed here at least as far back as the 3rd millennium BCE. The existing temple dates to the Czytaj więcej
EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at al Wādī al JadīdAl Qurnah‘Ilwat ash Shaykh ‘Abd al Qurnah25°43’48” N 32°36’54” E
22 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Yes, I recognize the redundancy in the title of this post that literally means Monastery of the City Monastery. I did that just to distinguish this part of the archaeological site from the rest. The Czytaj więcej
EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at al Wādī al JadīdAl QurnahDeir el-Medina25°43’42” N 32°36’6” E
22 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Deir el-Medina is the craftsmen's village dating to the 2nd millennium BCE where the artisans and workers building the tombs in the Valley of the Kings (see another post) lived. The site is located Czytaj więcej
EgiptUm el SidSharm al Mayyah27°51’54” N 34°17’48” E
16 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
EgiptSouth Sinai GovernorateSaint CatherineJabal al Munājāh28°33’24” N 33°58’36” E
15 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
If there is a bucket list for people interested in church history, this place is surely on it. It has certainly been on mine. It is a privilege to be here.
The monastery dates to the 6th century and Czytaj więcej
EgiptSouth Sinai GovernorateSaint CatherineJabal al Munājāh28°33’0” N 33°58’60” E
14 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Jebel Musa means Mountain of Moses in Arabic. It is also traditionally understood to be Mt. Sinai or Horeb where Moses received the 10 Commandments. There is some debate about that, but this is the Czytaj więcej
EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at MaţrūḩSiwa Oasis‘Ayn Tābah29°11’42” N 25°31’18” E
10 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This fortress was started in the 11th century and was the center of the Oasis until the early 20th century when unusual rains and flooding devastated the structure. People were still living in it's Czytaj więcej
EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ‘Izbat MallūlQārat Mawtá29°12’42” N 25°31’24” E
10 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The mountain of the dead is a significant archaeological site in Siwa. It dates to the same period as the Temple of Amun (see another post) and was an important necropolis of the 26th Pharaonic Czytaj więcej
EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at MaţrūḩMarkaz Sīwah29°7’54” N 25°28’6” E
9 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The great sand sea is the name given to the area of the eastern Sahara located in western Egypt and eastern Libya. By far, most of this desert is covered by sand dunes from which the name derives.
The Czytaj więcej
EgiptMuḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ‘Izbat Mushandid al KabīrahQārat al Jārī29°12’42” N 25°25’18” E
8 grudnia 2021, Egipt ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
There are many (some say hundreds) of salt pools and lakes around the Siwa Oasis. There are 4 main lakes with varying degrees of saltiness.
The 1st picture looks over a small part of one of the large Czytaj więcej
