Posted in Aswan, Day Five, Jose on October 3rd, 2007 4 Comments »
Mrs. Tolisano and Mrs Menger,
I have missed you again! I hope you found my note. Omar and i had an amazing time at the Temple of Philae. We also drove by the Aswan Dam.
I wanted to share some pictures with you and hope you had a good time too.
Posted in Aswan, Day Five on October 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Getting caught up in the shopping on our boat, the sight of the Temple of Isis on Philae caught us by surprise.
The Temple of Isis, like the Ramses II statues of Abu Simbel, had been saved from destruction by being moved. With the construction of the old Aswan Dam, the Temple of Isis was underwater […]
Posted in Aswan, Day Five on October 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
Bright and early in the morning we were greeted by a tour guide and headed out for four stops: the Aswan High Dam and the Aswan Dam, the quarry of the unfinished obelisk, an alabaster factory, and to the island of Philae and the Temple of Isis. We were keeping our fingers crossed that we would finally […]