Abu Simbel temple, Kom Ombo temple

Bright and early start. Picked up by luxury coach at 4am. 3.5 hour drive to the Abu Simbel temples. Ramesses II had 75 wives and his favourite was Queen Nefertare. This temple was built for her. There are 2 massive rock-cut temples. The entire area was moved and rebuilt 60 metres higher due to the area flooding when they built the dam. Inside there are statues of 4 Gods. Ptah, Amun-Ra, Rameses II, and Ra-Horakhty. Twice a year, (around February 22 and October 22) on the king's birth/coronation dates, sunlight illuminates all except Ptah, (God of darkness) Back to the boat and sailed to our next temple, Kom Ombo. This temple really moved me for some reason. There was just something special about it. We were there as the sun was going down and the lights were illuminating some of the hieroglyphics. Just magical.Read more