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Egypt - Wednesday June 12th, 2019 [Day 8]
5:20AM wake up call and 5:45AM departure from the ship. Walking through the city of Esna to find a temple 30 feet below street level. Does that much earth build up in 3500 years?
At the 1:30 mark I said "centuries," but it should be "millennia."
Esna Temple
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esna
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_of_Ancient_Egypt
Egypt - Wednesday June 12th, 2019 [Day 8]
5:20AM wake up call and 5:45AM departure from the ship. Walking through the city of Esna to find a temple 30 feet below street level. Does that much earth build up in 3500 years?
At the 1:30 mark I said "centuries," but it should be "millennia."
Esna Temple
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esna
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_of_Ancient_Egypt
![Esna Temple [Egypt 2019]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ihOpqOZWsLk/mqdefault.jpg "Esna Temple [Egypt 2019]
Egypt - Wednesday June 12th, 2019 [Day 8]
5:20AM wake up call and 5:45AM departure from the ship. Walking through the city of Esna to find a temple 30 feet below street level. Does that much earth build up in 3500 years?
At the 1:30 mark I said centuries, but it should be millennia.
Esna Temple
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esna
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_of_Ancient_Egypt")
![Giza Teasa [Egypt 2019]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ip_VaAEKqFQ/mqdefault.jpg "Giza Teasa [Egypt 2019]
Egypt - Thursday, June 6th, 2019 [Day 2]
Giza Teasa - makes sense if you say it with a Boston accent.
Laughable short bus ride to the Giza Plateau to look at a Basalt floor for evidence of advance machining and then a photo op. I managed to stray a bit for other pictures, but overall disappointed because I expected a full day at Giza.
I learned from this experience and stop staying with the guides. We also visit Giza on our own on the last day (against the advice of the guides).
Mena House Hotel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_Mena_House_Hotel
Giza Pyramid Complex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex")
![Elephantine Island [Egypt 2019]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lbZqaBNE4zA/mqdefault.jpg "Elephantine Island [Egypt 2019]
Egypt - Friday June 14th, 2019 [Day 10]
Second site of the day - Elephantine Island. Mostly in ruins, but has two Nilometers (I didnt see either), a possible 3rd Dynasty Pyramid (didnt see that either), and a megalithic box/shrine ... I totally saw that.
Elephantine Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantine
Elephantine Island - Enigmas of the Ancient World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix4WT_ps6oI
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_of_Ancient_Egypt")
