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Part II: The trip up
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 A typical village along the Nile River. |
 The temple at Edfu is devoted to Horus. |
 ... who stands at its entrance. |
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 The Holy of Holies at Edfu. |
 The height of the waters and thus the crops were predicted by Edfu's Nile-ometer. |
 The early night sky frames the lit, and very crowded, temple at Kom Ombo. |
 A detail from Kom Ombo, which was thought to be an ancient medical school. |
 The night-time market place at Kom Ombo |
 Sunset on the Nile |
 A view of Aswan from the Nile |
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 The beautiful relocated Temple of Philae is on an island. |
 The courtyard at Philae |
 The granite for many temples and pyramids came from this quarry. |
 A private residential complex on the banks of the Nile |
 Going through the locks at Esna |
 The Esna branch bank |
 This mural at the small temple of Khumn at Esna depicts the purification ceremony |
 A depiction of the soul, or Ba, on the walls at Esna |
   The varied and colorful columns are one of the most interesting features at Esna. |
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