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Second of a two part travel item charting a trip to Egypt. In this installment, the writer, Barry Pollack, travels to Philae, Edfu, and Luxor (the Temple of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings and Karnak), and provides short descriptions of each site: "The Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae was built as a place of worship in the fourth century B.C. by the Ptolemy pharaohs. Its entrance façade is made up of two massive towers with grand bas reliefs of the pharaohs and gods, and hieroglyphic descriptions of their exploits. You pass through a portal to a long courtyard with a colonnade, then into columned halls adorned with pictographs and hieroglyphics. I found it especially remarkable that each column had its own unique capital — that special design at the top of a column. These walls, columns and ceilings were once painted in vivid colors. Today, all is sand-colored. But the enchantment and spiritual nature of Philae is timeless."
See the full story above. For the first installment see:
http://tinyurl.com/ju72c
Second of a two part travel item charting a trip to Egypt. In this installment, the writer, Barry Pollack, travels to Philae, Edfu, and Luxor (the Temple of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings and Karnak), and provides short descriptions of each site: "The Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae was built as a place of worship in the fourth century B.C. by the Ptolemy pharaohs. Its entrance façade is made up of two massive towers with grand bas reliefs of the pharaohs and gods, and hieroglyphic descriptions of their exploits. You pass through a portal to a long courtyard with a colonnade, then into columned halls adorned with pictographs and hieroglyphics. I found it especially remarkable that each column had its own unique capital — that special design at the top of a column. These walls, columns and ceilings were once painted in vivid colors. Today, all is sand-colored. But the enchantment and spiritual nature of Philae is timeless."
See the full story above. For the first installment see:
http://tinyurl.com/ju72c
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