SPASENHOE past of Egypt (continued, Part 6) I went to a second salvage the temple of Abu Simbel, under the name of Hathor. Although the temple of Hathor is one of the most beautiful monuments of antiquity, he is clearly losing the temple of Ramses II. Facade, which was also cut from solid rock, adorned with statues of six full-length, three on each side of the entrance to the temple. Their enormous size hit, but I'm more like the temple from the inside, where there were patterns and designs that are similar to those that I saw in the great temple. I am very pleased that these temples were rescued, although a bit sad about the fact that they generally had to be saved. Temple of Hathor The fact that our car up the rear guard, had its drawbacks. At the place we arrived almost an hour after the first car was coming, and we had to serve in the general ranks convoy schedule. I quickly went to the great temple once again to look at it. Around the temple is almost no one was, that was very different from the one similar to an amusement park atmosphere that reigned here when I arrived. I stood alone, and then there are forces that ran to the minivan, which was ready to pull away at the moment when I get to it. On the way back to Aswan convoy split up even more. We are all very tired, all the talk, which brightened up the path to the south subsided, and gradually began to doze. Ancient patterns next few hours, I then woke up, then back to sleep. Types of military checkpoints and the desert landscape mingled with my dreams, when suddenly they heard the sound of braking on gravel tires. We stopped abruptly, and the sound of opening a sliding door pulled me from the clutches of sleep. At first I did not understand where we are. Minibus driver escorted us into a smaller bus. The driver of a new car told me that we were back in Aswan, and that the "tour", for which I paid included a trip to the Upper Dam, Fila and the "unfinished obelisk. I've heard it before, but this for me was not a problem. Apparently, all these details were lost in translation, as I organized a trip with a man who hardly spoke in English. We drove a few minutes and stopped at a large arc of concrete, stone and earth. Huge announcement clearly states that the use of television cameras and tarnished it was forbidden, but conventional cameras - you can. I guess they wanted to stop collecting information to potential terrorists. Reasonable. The upper dam is usually looked very industrial. I was surprised that such an ugly building could cause such devastation. The upper dam is only a few minutes we stood near the Upper Dam, and then came back after the Aswan dam in the small port, which was located on the shore of a small lake formed between Aswan and Upper dams. I was pleasantly surprised that for a small, but perfectly legal fees, I was allowed to photograph inside the temple in Filah. I am happy to pay, and then went down to the pier to catch up with their comrades. On the dock, my team has already sat on the boat. The problems began at a time when I tried to sit on the boat with them. The captain began to shout: "This is a private boat!" - And waved in my direction with his hands. The boat had plenty of room, he was only half full, but for some reason they wanted me to become the first passenger next boat, which is still not clear when sent. I calmly explained that I was a member of this group, which was already on board, which was confirmed by my comrades, but the captain still stood his ground. I knew that very likely I'll still sit and wait for the next boat will go, when my team come back from church, and so I have to go back, never got into it. So I decided to ignore the shouting and waving his hands and just sat on the boat. Captain of the second boat attempted to drag me to his boat, but I was more of it, and problems in order to fight off his attack, I have not arisen. In broken Arabic, I firmly stated to this person that if its something not satisfied, he can call the police, which they certainly do not want to. He frowned and shrugged his shoulders, gave the ends and pushed our boat from the shore. I thought that maybe the captains get paid for the number of flights, rather than per passenger, that's why the first captain, too, wanted me to stay. It was another comic in its ruthless attempt to squeeze more money out of tourists. I am used to such things, so I just shrugged my shoulders and began to enjoy views of the beautiful lake where we swam. Fila We glided over the calm water surface brownish, and light refreshing breeze blew over our faces. The conflict, which occurred at the pier, was forgotten, and even the captain's face appeared broad smile as he pointed out the covered heavily vegetated island, which appeared on the left side. When we got closer, our boat slowed down. Through lush vegetation, which rose from the water, were showing the temple of red stone with two tall columns and several picturesque arcades. Over the temple somewhere floating fluffy clouds. Landscape heavily vegetated, red stones of the temple and the blue sky was just wonderful, but someone was not enough of this beauty, and he doubled it to reflect the picture in the flickering perfectly mirrored surface of the lake. Terrific! Looking at this beauty, once it becomes clear why Fila remain popular among tourists for more than two hundred years. Fila Fila also been moved during construction of the Upper Dam, but the problems began during construction of the first dam. Island, where Fila is initially suffered from seasonal flooding, which caused the first dam. Tourists come to the remarkable temple in boats, trying to see in the murky waters of his stunning designs. This church decided to save during the construction of the upper dam. It had to be disassembled block by block, and rebuild, 20 meters above. Temple "collected" on the neighboring island Agilika who have arranged so that it looked like the old place was a masterpiece of ancient architecture. The temple complex was reconstructed, taking into account the original location. You can say a little exaggeration, that was recreated in the new temple site looks even better than the old one. If I was not told that it was moved to another island, I myself would not have to guess. Start material: Read more:
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