Esc unas11 formas Continue We promised you, and here it is. Our second part of the journey through Egypt is with our guide to seeing the south of Egypt. If you haven't read the first part, you can read it in our guidebook: What to see in Cairo and Alexandria. We strongly recommend it because in addition to providing information about the attractions, you will find information about safety, transport and culture. If you haven't read the first part, you can read it in our guidebook: What to see in Cairo and Alexandria. We strongly recommend it because in addition to providing information about the attractions, you will find information about safety, transport and culture. Our trip through Egypt was a mixture between a backpacker and a classic tourist because of the short time we had. In this second part of our trip we came across a Civitatis offer and making calculations, we found that while taking a 4-day, 3 day Nile cruise with a full board, guide and temple tickets from Aswan to Luxor, all inclusive, we got almost the same thing as doing it ourselves in a hurry. Like everyone else, the experience had pros and cons. Positive: Many temples were far away in areas without public transport. When traveling with a tour we didn't have to worry about wasting time or energy figuring out how to get there or getting a taxi and fighting prices (in the southern villages there is no uber or careem). We didn't have to waste time buying food or cooking, everything was prepared and ready to be eaten and of excellent quality. We were able to give us the pleasure of sleeping with something more luxurious (every occasional is a nice bed to which the sheets were changed and the room clean). If you have a good guide, it provides interesting information that will help you evaluate temples differently. This allowed us to do more activities in less time, which we lacked. Negative: Even if it's cheap, it's still more expensive than doing it yourself (and if you don't, peak is definitely cheaper on your own). They take you like a tube, zero contact with the local reality. All groups make the same route at the same time, making it impossible to visit the temple without the crowds. If you don't get a good guide, you may be a little disappointed with the visits. To solve this problem, it is best to read a little bit about the temple that you are going to visit before you go. As you go as a group, the time you can be in each place is not your decision, but the guide (sometimes the maximum time is just one hour in the temple). We have never been on a cruise with a tour, everything is arranged. As an experience it was interesting and fulfilled its goal of allowing us to visit more places in less time, but for our future walks we definitely stayed with our classic climbing method. In the case of you're wondering You can see the various suggestions of the style of entering Civitatis. However, we started telling you everything that can be seen in the south, including places we went without any tours or cruises and places that we didn't go to but got first-hand information to share with you. The Sailing Nile City of Abydos belonged to Upper Egypt, and the necropolis of Abydos was part of the most important burial of the first dynasties of Ancient Egypt. The kings of the first dynasty of pharaohs were buried there and in the end the place was connected with the burial of the god Osiris. One of the burial temples that stands out is that of Seti I (or the Great Temple of Abydos) and Ramses II. Entrance fee: 160 LE /Professional Camera 300 LE (photo with free cell phone). How to get to Abydos by train (down at El Balyan station) and from there make a finger or take a taxi to the tomb of Abydos (11 km); or you can take a taxi directly from Luxor, the nearest town with accommodation for tourists (there are almost none in Abydos). 100 kilometers away and located on the edge of the Desert Dendera, one of the best preserved temples in Egypt. The Dendera complex includes the Temple of Hathor, virtually untouched because the sand hid it from the world until the 19th century. In the Greco-Roman style, its construction was carried out during the Ptolemy dynasty. Entrance fee: 160 LE Getting to the Temple of Dendera you can take the train to Tsinga, and from there cover 10 km to the temple (on the other side of the Nile) with your finger or taxi. zina has a much larger population than Abydos, but most hotels shown to you Google can not be allowed to accept foreigners, only locals. It is normal to arrange from Luxor for someone to take you a day to two temples (Dender and Abydos). Hotels offer this service for $90 or more, but if you go out and arrange directly with a taxi, you can get a better price (and if they're more than one in a taxi, the cost decreases by sharing it among everyone). These two temples were not included in our scheme and we did not have time to go on our own, but two Peruvians from those of us who became good friends in Egypt went and handed us all the data we shared with you. LUXOR (formerly TEBAS) In our guide to see you in Cairo, we tell you that Menphis was the first capital of The Ancient Empire of Egypt. The pharaohs, reigning in Egypt, were divided by dynasties, and with the eleventh dynasty the capital became the city of Thebes (now known as Luxor). This important event marks the beginning of the Middle Empire. Thebes remained the capital for more than 1,500 years, continuing as an important nerve center in the New Empire, and became rich where important pharaohs and nobles lived. So many millennia of history have filled it with temples, monuments and tombs, turning the city into a large open-air museum (and underground, if you count the graves). We made a separate entrance which you can read with everything to do in this amazing city. EDFU TEMPLE This temple dedicated to the Mountain is the second largest standing after Karnak. It was built between 237 and 57 BC during the Greco-Roman period of Ancient Egypt and because it was buried under more than 12 meters of sand (and on top they built it up to the house) its discovery was postponed until 1860, so it is one of the best preserved. On the imposing facade you can see many Egyptian figures with completely destroyed faces. They were attacked by Christians who fled to the south when their worship was forbidden in 391 AD They used this and other temples as shelters and during their stay destroyed figures representing the pagan gods. Inside the temple you will see many statues of falcons symbolizing the Mountain, and scenes where he marries his uncle Seta. So you understand why this family feud here is a super mega summary of Egyptian mythology: Gore is the son of the goddess Isis and the god Osiris. Osiris was deceived by his brother Seth several times. One of those times set osiris cuts to many bits, which he then throws around the world. Isis goes out to look for pieces and manages to find everything (except the most important for offspring). Once the pieces are put together, with its magic Isis revives Osiris, who from that moment turns into something like the god of the dead. Things are getting mystical during the reunion and Isis has succeeded with the resurgence of her husband, despite the lack of a phallus getting pregnant and giving birth to Gore. Gore will forever seek revenge on his father, so images of him seen hunting set in his hippo shape. The scene is very interesting and occupies a vast area of one of the inner walls of the temple. The temple is located within the city limits and can be reached on foot. At night, a light and sound show is projected on it. Admission: 180 LE - Professional camera is allowed at no extra cost. Registration time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Edfu Temple. You can see the reliefs destroyed by the ancient Christians. This temple has a unique structure because it was dedicated to two deities and made all the duplicates. The whole southern half is devoted to the god of fertility and the creator of the world Sobek (crocodile head), and the northern half - the supreme god of upper Egypt Haroeris (hawkish, but not Khor, and more veteran version). Construction began in Greco-Roman times, which corresponds to the Ptolemy dynasty. Of all his Carved in stone stand out: the drawing of Cleopatra III (not the one who was the bride of Julius Caesar, that is VII) giving birth, the Egyptian calendar carved into the whole wall and the famous scientist Imhotep is depicted from his bethika. A doctor, astronomer and architect, Imhotep is considered the father of modern medicine and was the designer of the step-by-step pyramid of Sakkara. In the outer part of the temple you can visit the nilometer, a structure used by the Romans to measure the growth of the Nile.