Abu Simbel Temple, Nubian Village, and Edfu Temple
1/21/18 Another early morning wake up call at 3:45 a.m. for a bus ride to the Aswan Dam and Abu Simbel, a monument built into a manmade mountain. The bus ride to the dam promised to be about 3 hours, more walking around a temple and another 3 hour bus ride back. I just couldn't do it. My legs wouldn't carry me. Tom went on the tour and I stayed back and rested. So sorry, but no pictures. Here is a picture from one of my books of Abu Simbel. Abu Simbel This monument is in the far south of Egypt, almost to Sudan. It was built by the Great Rameses. After weather erosion almost destroyed the monument, the Department of Antiquities decided to move it away from the original mountain. They built a man-made mountain and moved the monument to its current location in order to protect it. At 3:00 p.m. Tom and I took a motorboat tour to the Nubian Village. We rode south (against the flow of the river) for about 1 1/2 hours. ...