Abu Simbel, Egypt
Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria, Egypt
Amr ibn al-As Mosque, Cairo, Egypt
Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara, Turkey
Roman-Seljuk bridge over the Eurymedon River, Aspendos, Turkey
Foto Friday – Egypt & Turkey
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Category Archives: Egypt
Foto Friday-Egypt
Here are some random shots of Egypt:
at Abu Simbel
Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria
Hanging Church, Cairo
Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo
Solar Boat, Giza
NAME THAT COUNTRY Episode 81
The stepped building pictured above, located at Sakkara (Saqqara), was built as the tomb of the ancient king Djoser over 4,500 years ago. The building was designed by the revered Imhotep, who, in addition to being a high-ranking statesman, was a brilliant engineer and architect. Imhotep began with a simple mastaba, a common funeral monument shaped like a rectangular platform. Then he added five successively smaller mastabas one atop the other. The result was whole new type of building and a prototype of the far more famous monuments about 15 miles away – the Giza Pyramids. This site was a necropolis for the ancient capital of Memphis for about 500 years in the 3rd millennium BCE. Even after the center of power shifted to the south, Sakkara remained an important burial site for thousands of years.
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NAME THAT COUNTRY Episode 71
This Bent Pyramid at Dahshur is a precursor to its famous cousins just up the road. Construction began with an incline of 52 degrees and then changed about midway up to a more cautious 43-degree incline. The reason for the change is not known for sure.
To continue at the original angle would have required a taller, heavier structure. Perhaps materials and manpower were running short. Perhaps the architect decided the lower levels would not support the height needed to maintain the sharper incline. Another theory is that the decision to reduce the angle was influenced by the collapse of the pyramid at Meidum, a slightly earlier attempt at a smooth-sided pyramid. In any case, the Bent Pyramid gives an intriguing glimpse into the development of architecture and engineering in our mystery country over 4,500 years ago.
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Foto Friday – Temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt
Foto Friday – Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt
Foto Friday – Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt
Foto Friday – Luxor Temple, Egypt
Foto Friday: More Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt
NAME THAT COUNTRY Episode 61
St. Virgin Mary’s Coptic Church is the best-known ancient church in the old city of our mystery country’s capital. The church is commonly known as The Hanging Church (El Muallaqa in Arabic) because it is built over a gate in the Roman fortress that surrounds the old city, with the nave of the church hanging over the passageway.
Coptic Christians settled within the fort very early in the Christian era and it remains a Coptic enclave still.
The mosaic depicts Mary, Joseph and Jesus, fleeing into our mystery country to escape the Slaughter of the Innocents. According to the Bible, after learning of the birth of a new king, Herod the Great ordered the death of all male infants in Bethlehem. (Matthew 2:13-23)
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