We moved from Cairo to Luxor today. We rose very, very, very early to catch the very, very early flight (did we mention it was early?). We made it smoothly through the airport and safely arrived in Luxor after the 1 hour flight. Since it was still very early, we began our tour of the east bank directly from the airport.
Luxor is the site of ancient Thebes, the capital of Egypt from 1500-700 BCE. Our first stop was the temple complex of Karnak to see this amazing structure. Amr continues to provide background and history of the ancient culture (we think he would do really well with his own talk show – “Ask Amr” since you can never stump him!) We stopped into the antiquities museum which houses some well preserved sculptures and several mummies.
Michelle provided us with an excellent discussion of the study of Egyptology for her presentation. Then we headed back to the hotel to take a break from the heat which was pushing 100 degrees. We got checked in and relaxed until dinner. After dinner, we went to see another temple, this time at night (which was very cool).
Jeremy has begun to assimilate into his surrounding by wearing local garments. Please refer to the photo gallery for his latest fashion statement.
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