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Abydos, Dendera, Karnac and Luxor |
 The trip from Luxor to Abydos, in a caravan under armed guard, gave us a rare glimpse of the Egyptian countryside. |
 We enter the Temple of Osiris at Abydos |
 As we walk to view the Osiron, guarded by security. |
 The Sun Disk is common theme on the walls of many temples. |
 Isis and Seti I with djed pillar. |
 The temple at Dendera is devoted to Hathor |
 The dwarf god Bes at Dendera |
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 The largest, and perhaps most beautiful temple on the trip was at Karnac. Our wonderful guide Hanan is in the foreground as she leads back from a sacred Sehkmet site on the edge of the grounds |
 The powerful Goddess Sehkmet at Karnac. |
 We were also fascinated by this hoopoe, a bird that appears in ancient Egyptian murals and mythology. |
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 At one time, the avenue or ram-head sphinxes at Karnac joined ... |
 ... the avenue of human-headed sphinxes miles away at Luxor. |
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| Inside the Temple at Luxor |
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