ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at al Wādī al JadīdAl Ashrāf al BaḩrīyahMa‘bad Dandarah26°8’35” N 32°40’14” E
22 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at al Wādī al JadīdAl Qurnah‘Ilwat ash Shaykh ‘Abd al Qurnah25°43’48” N 32°36’54” E
22 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 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. TheЧитать далее
ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at al Wādī al JadīdAl QurnahDeir el-Medina25°43’42” N 32°36’6” E
22 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 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 locatedЧитать далее
ЕгипетUm el SidSharm al Mayyah27°51’54” N 34°17’48” E
16 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
ЕгипетSouth Sinai GovernorateSaint CatherineJabal al Munājāh28°33’24” N 33°58’36” E
15 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее
ЕгипетSouth Sinai GovernorateSaint CatherineJabal al Munājāh28°33’0” N 33°58’60” E
14 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at MaţrūḩSiwa Oasis‘Ayn Tābah29°11’42” N 25°31’18” E
10 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ⛅ 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'sЧитать далее
ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ‘Izbat MallūlQārat Mawtá29°12’42” N 25°31’24” E
10 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ⛅ 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 PharaonicЧитать далее
ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at MaţrūḩMarkaz Sīwah29°7’54” N 25°28’6” E
9 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ⛅ 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.
TheЧитать далее
ЕгипетMuḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ‘Izbat Mushandid al KabīrahQārat al Jārī29°12’42” N 25°25’18” E
8 декабря 2021 г., Египет ⋅ ☀️ 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 largeЧитать далее
