Luxor

South up the Nile; North to the Pyramids

South up the Nile; North to the Pyramids

For this last segment of our recent Egypt trip, we’ll take you down the Nile and back north to the pyramids.

Sailing south on the Nile means you are traveling up stream, towards it source. After our cruise boat left Luxor, we reached the locks on the Nile in the dark. 

The next morning we woke up to find ourselves at Edfu - an amazing temple complex built by the Greeks for the Egyptian gods, during the era of Alexander the Great.

A Pharaoh’s Afterlife

A Pharaoh’s Afterlife

Ancient Egyptians did not live on the west bank of Nile. This was the side of death. Each night, the sun died on the west side. But, if all went well, it was reborn each morning on the east side - the side of life. So people lived on the east bank. Tombs and mortuary temples were built on the west side of the all important river.