EGYPT  2001:

From the Valley of the Kings, we headed to the tomb of a high priest, Ramose.  I have taken pictures outside of the tomb but we were not allowed to take any inside.  The next sight we saw was the Colossi of Memnon.  These are two giant statues of Amenophis III, which stand about six stories tall.  It is believed that these two statues sat at the entrance of a great temple at one time.  Fathy told us that because of the air gaps between the stones, the statues used to whistle when the wind blew until somebody filled the gaps to try and restore them.

The next stop on the agenda was to get on our cruise boat.  The boat was to be our home for four days.  We were all very happy to hear Dr. Wahby tell everyone that our intensive schedule would slow down now and we could relax for a change.  The rest of the day our group relaxed and hung out on the boat, ate dinner, and went to bed.

After cruising for a while, we docked at Edfu Temple.  Edfu Temple is said to be the best preserved in all of Egypt.  In the front of the temple stands a statue of Horus, the falcon god.  It was laid out in a similar manner as the other temples I saw earlier.  Although Edfu was much smaller than the other two, it was in much better condition than either one.  This temple really gave me a good idea of how it looked thousands of years ago.