After the visit to Abu Simbel, we returned back to Aswan via the Aswan Dam and checked in to the Nile cruise. It was about 3 PM by this time. At about 4 PM we took a small boat to a Nubian village. The trip to the Nubian village was about 3 hours, and we […]
Author: Rakesh Rai
Day 4 in Egypt—Abu Simbel, A Cult Temple
IntroductionThe Abu Simbel temples, built approximately 3,300 years ago, are rock-cut monuments dedicated to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his chief queen, Nefertari. These are cult temples, intended for the worship of the pharaoh alongside major Egyptian deities. Through colossal statues and monumental scale, Ramesses II presents himself as a divine ruler (Osirisid), chosen and protected […]
Day 4 in Egypt: Nubian Village Of Egypt
Our first day on the cruise was pretty uneventful. We spent our time visiting a Nubian village and later took a stroll along the Aswan bank by the shore. The locals were on the beach selling souvenirs and water bottles, eager to make a sale and constantly asking if we were from India. Their faces […]
Day 3 in Egypt: Epic of Ancient Egypt, GEM, and NMEC Museums in Cairo
As a traveler, I have to say that while a lot has been taken, or we could say moved to other museums around the globe, like the Rosetta Stone and the statues of Ramesses II at the British Museum in London, the Statue of Akhenaten, sarcophagi, papyri, and jewelry at the Louvre in Paris, the […]
Day 2 in Egypt: Time Fears Pyramids of Giza
This is immense. This is immense. There’s no clear start or finish. I’m not quite sure where to begin. People are left speechless when they witness the beauty of the pyramids even now, shining brightly in the sunlight. I can only imagine that when the sun rises each day, it first greets these incredible structures […]
Day 1 In Alexandria – Pompey’s Pillar and Roman Amphitheatre
We reached Cairo by flight at 6:30 AM from Mumbai. From there we caught the private bus. The distance from Cairo to Alexandria is approximately 230 km. The journey was made by private bus, taking about 2 hours and 50 minutes. Amid the endless sands and silence of the desert, the bus kept moving forward […]
