Salvation PAST EGYPT (continued, part 2) My first day in Aswan has become one of the most memorable days for me in Egypt. It began with a leisurely breakfast on the rooftop terrace, where I spent several hours sitting under a linen awning, enjoying reading and spectacular views of the city. After breakfast, I put together a simple dinner, and took as much water as could fit in my bag and went to the Nile. I walked along the river, passing fighting off harassment countless street vendors. In the end, I saw a small boat, came down to it, paid the fare and took a seat in the bow next to two other men. On board the boat, I waited another half hour before the captain decided that he gained enough passengers to justify our trip on the River. Stairway to the past, we pushed off, rounded a huge cruise ship and went into the main channel of the Nile. My first cruise on the Nile, lasted no more than 10 minutes as the boat quickly reached the west coast, north of the island of Elephantine. On the other side of the river, I went ashore, remember where the pier and through the palm grove went to a big old stairs, which went into the wilderness. I refused the services of a guide and numerous offers a ride on a camel and went to a little white booth where they sold tickets for a trip to the crypts of noble men of antiquity, who were at the end of the ladder. Coming out of the shadows of palm trees, I had to continue its way under the scorching desert sun. At the beginning of the stairs I stopped and admired the stunning views of the desert and began his ascent in the past. Crypts first thing that caught my eye in vaults - a complete lack of tourists. Except me and the guard, who showed me the cemetery, there was nobody there. Vaults, houses the shrine of notable people from the island of Elephantine the time of Ancient and Middle Kingdoms were carved from stones brought from somewhere far away from the source of the Nile. Individual crypts created like terraces, which went into the wilderness. Upstairs was a small vaulted crypt of the Islamic period. Most of the tombs were opened, although some of that looked most interesting of all, you can only get with a man with a big bunch of keys, and then only after a little baksheesh, quite simply, a bribe. Near the tombs I have spent a little over an hour. Characters and all sorts of images were as remarkable as the wildlife of this place. Many tombs were still in the basket of funerary offerings, and the human remains and broken clay products, the entire hillside was covered, clearly illustrating how the activity deployed here looters. It seemed that the cemetery is somewhere very far away, although on the other side of the river could see the outline of Aswan. Every time I went into the scantily explored (locked) vault, I thought I was the first person who enters into it, though I knew it was wrong. Many tombs were cryptic, leaving somewhere down the passages that are similar to those that exist in the pyramids. I knew that in the end they are the burial room. I did not have a flashlight, and the bats flew to the boundary of light and darkness, tells me that perhaps they are not the only creatures to be here. Somehow I did not want to encounter a poisonous snake in a limited space, dark vault. As soon as I went up to the vaulted structure, crypts become increasingly rare, and those that occurred were not so richly decorated. The researcher, who suddenly awoke in me, did everything possible so that I climbed all the holes and crevices, who met me on the road. Many of the crypts, which were at the top level, were filled to the brim with debris, probably from nearby towns, but sometimes there are some interesting things. Start material: Read more:
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