Ancient Egyptian statuesIf you're planning to journey back in time by enjoying holiday travel in Egypt, pictured below are just two of the ancient Egyptian statues and monuments that await you. |
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Egyptian statues
Egypt is dotted with statues built thousands of years before Christ, including the ancient king Ramses II pictured above in the mortuary temple at Thebes. Ramses II was the third ruler of Egypt's 19th Dynasty and he spent the first 20 years of his reign at war with the Hittites from Asia minor. He died in 1283BC and was succeeded as Egyptian king by his oldest son, Merenpath. The sphinx statue, also pictured above and to the right, is 60 metres long, 20 metres tall, and lies in a depression just to the south of the Great Pyramid of Cheops near Cairo. The statue's face is 4 metres wide and its eyes are 2 metres high. If you thought the Egyptian Sphinx has a beard, you're right... but it's owned and displayed by the British Museum in London. The sphinx, which faces directly into the rising sun, was built more than 4,500 years ago - although the exact year isn't known. This historic monument was buried for hundreds of years beneath the shifting Egyptian sands, a lucky fate because its soft sandstone construction would have crumbled to dust many years ago if it hadn't been shielded from the rasping desert winds. The sphinx remains exposed to Egypt's elements, including the polluted smog from nearby Cairo, and Egyptian archaeologists from the Supreme Council of Antiquities are nowadays concentrating on drainage of subsoil moisture seepage which is damaging the statue's rock. Felluca cruise on the Nile River To book cheap airlines, holiday travel, hotels, car rentals, etc. for most Egyptian cities, visit our Travel Shop. |
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