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Today's photo-of-the-day is the Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. It dates to c. 1290-1224 BCE. It covers an area of 54,000 sq ft. The roof, now fallen, was supported by 134 columns, the tallest being 79 ft. high. Despite the size, with all those columns, it felt like it would have been crowded inside.
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| From 2019 11 23 Luxor |
Today's photo-of-the-day is Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. It's a massive complex, constructed over two millennia (1900 - 30 BCE).
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| From 2019 11 23 Luxor |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from a market stall in Luxor, Egypt. No tailor was in sight.
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| From 2019 11 23 Luxor |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Luxor, Egypt. Just a roadside street market.
Edwin St. John St. Andrew, eighteen years old, hauling the weight of
his double-sainted name across the Atlantic by steamship, eyes
narrowed against the wind on the upper deck: he holds the railing with
gloved hands, impatient for a glimpse of the unknown, trying to
discern something—anything!—beyond sea and sky, but all he sees are
shades of endless gray."
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A time travel story in which a glitch in time brings centuries together. And sends characters from earlier novels into alternate timelines. These stories slowly weave together into a mesmerizing whole. B+
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| From 2019 11 23 Luxor |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Oum Kalthoum Cafe in a street market in Luxor, Egypt.
Oum Kalthoum was an Egyptian singer and actress and is considered to be a national icon. Upon her death in 1975, an estimated 4 million people lined the route of her funeral procession to pay their respects. We didn't know any of that before we chose to sit and relax in a hookah cafe named for her. But now we do, and so do you.