Kodak Gold 200 / Pentax ESPIO 90MC (1999-12-03 ~18:45) Click on above image for 1024 screen image (115 KB) or get the full size image (148 KB) |
One thing that I was awakened to was all the looting, official and non-official, that had taken place over the years. It was nice to view exhibits in a museum, but to see them in their original locations would have been so much more significant. A prime example was the Luxor temple, which would have sure benefited from having the obelisk returned. Through the entrance, was another huge courtyard, surrounded by huge statues, and inside that were more courts and a huge hall. Altogether, the temple was in terrific condition and very impressive. There was a mosque built up high on the east side wall inside the inner courtyard, which actually was not even that noticeable, which may help put the Luxor temple's size in perspective.
After the sun set, I waited until it was fairly dark to take this photo with a long exposure. While the temple was surely beautiful in the daylight, it was well and artistically lit at night, so it was worth staying to see and take more photographs, as was the case with most the Egyptian monuments.