You can take some incredible photos as you sail around the island on a small boat. It features gorgeously carved stone walls covered in hieroglyphics, columns topped by capitals inspired by papyrus and lotus flowers, and inscriptions from Napoleon’s era. When the British built the original Aswan Dam in 1902, this temple was completely submerged underwater and had to be carefully moved and rebuilt on an island. In Aswan, the top must-visit site is Philae Temple dedicated to the goddess Isis. Built in 1899, the luxurious property boasts rooms and suites with views of the Nile, three restaurants and bars, two pools, and a spa with a hammam. Consider spending a night or two at the Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Hotel, where Agatha Christie penned part of Death on the Nile. The ancient city of Aswan is a great place to finish your trip. There is a plan and symmetry on such a grand scale that it strains imagination to understand how any of it was possible with the tools of the time.”Ī view of the Nile river, on the banks of Aswan Theerawat Kaiphanlert/Getty Aswan
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She is a cofounder of the award-winning tour operator Extraordinary Journeys, which has been giving tours of Egypt since its inception in 2008. “I love the fact that this is the only place in the world I know of where you can you see the physical evidence of the development of a culture over a period of more than 3,000 years: the development of the pyramids of Egypt, the transition to tombs, the development of hieroglyphics, of tomb drawings, of a sophisticated religion with a panoply of gods, and goddesses each with their own stories and personalities, the dramas of the royal families and shifts in power. And all this takes place in hauntingly beautiful edifices, many of them built to honor a spiritual connection, and I feel that connection even today.
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“I have been to Egypt about ten times, and I never stop being amazed and falling in love with it all over again,” Elizabeth Gordon told Condé Nast Traveler. Seeing the ancient temples built adhering to the precise rules of symmetry and decorated by hieroglyphics carved as reliefs into the stone, puts all other architectural feats into perspective.
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There are plenty of places in the world where you can marvel at feats of modern engineering, but in order to grasp the fundamental principles of architecture, you need to visit Egypt. The pyramids of Egypt, ancient tombs painted with intricate motifs, and temples whose walls and columns are covered in hieroglyphics-it’s no wonder Egypt has fascinated writers, artists, filmmakers, and architects for centuries.