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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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The Guide and The Ape
The Guide and The Ape which One is the Guide and Which One is the Ape, can you Help us
Statue of Thoth as a baboon in ancient Egypt
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The father Akhen Aten and the son Tut Ankh Amun
It was here that Akhenaten (below) ruled with his chief wife, Nefertiti, who bore him six daughters, but no son to carry on as Pharaoh. It is now believed that Akhenaten and a lesser wife named Kiya were the parents of Tutankhaten, as Tutankhamun was known at first. He would have spent most of his early years in the palaces of Akhetaten, being tutored in many skills, including reading and writing. Much is uncertain about this period and, in time, both Nefertiti's and Kiya's names ceased to appear in written records. A shadowy figure emerged by the name of Smenkhkare - he may have been a brother of the king and briefly ruled alongside him. In any case, soon after the deaths of Akhenaten and Smenkhkare, Tutankhaten became a Boy King at the age of about nine. He married a slightly older Ankhesenpaaten (below), one of the daughters of Akhen aten and Nefertiti |
When Howard Carter and Lord Caernarfon opened up the Tomb of Tut ankh amun, they opened up the beginnings of a mystery that is still not 100% resolved today. But scientists have at least identified the cause of the Curse of Tut ankh amun's deaths. Bacteria growing on the bodies of the mummies, when touched, were extremely poisonous, and caused the deaths of recipients with pneumonia like symptoms. This bacteria, when heated, reactivated and began to multiply again after 3000 odd years entombed. This bacteria was also coating the objects inside the tomb. The big question is - Did the Egyptians, who had a massive knowledge of plants that could heal and plants that could kill, deliberately coat the artefacts, knowing it would activate in the future? Hence the reason for the Curse Warnings. Or are these curse warnings lost in translation - are they really Biological Warning Notices? Well, stranger things happen!
The Programs
The travel companies hire me to do different programs with different travel routs as following
Ten days tour in Cairo and Upper Egypt as following
Day 1 arrival to Cairo
Day 2 visiting the site of the pyramids of Giza, Sakkara and Memphis
Day 3 visiting the Citadel of Cairo, The Egyptian museum and old Cairo ( Khan al-Khalili), afterwards flying to Luxor City or by night train or sleeping train or by bus
Day 4 visiting east of Luxor : Karnak temple, Luxor temple
Day 5 half day in East side of Luxor visiting the valley of queens, the valley of kings, the funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the giant statues of king Imhotep ( Memnon ). Afterwards sailing by cruise ship set sail to the lock of Esna
Day 6 visiting the tempel of Esna and sailing by cruise ship to Edfu and visiting the temple of Horus and sailing by cruise ship to Kom Ombo and overnight there
Day 7 visiting the temple of Kom Ombo and afterwards sailing by cruise ship to Aswan and visiting the Unfinished Obelisk, the high dam and the temple of Filae
Day 8 visiting Abu Simbel in the morning and after noon visiting the Botanical Garden and the Nubian Village
Day 9 sailing by cruise ship back to Luxor
Day 10 flying early in the morning from Luxor airport back home
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