Day 9: Esna - Edfu - Kom Ombo
After breakfast we visited Edfu’s Temple of Horus, Egypt’s best-preserved temple. Dedicated to Horus, the god of the sun and planets, the hawk 
(Horus’s symbol) is prominent in the vivid hieroglyphs and bas-reliefs of the temple. Thirty-eight columns surround the court, and a fine statue of Horus stands guard over the entry. Every available surface is carved with hieroglyphs describing offerings to the god. The large, sunny courtyard is a Chapel of the New Year, a sun court similar to the one at Dendera. Paintings on the ceiling depict a solar barque sailing through the twelve hours of the day.
(Horus’s symbol) is prominent in the vivid hieroglyphs and bas-reliefs of the temple. Thirty-eight columns surround the court, and a fine statue of Horus stands guard over the entry. Every available surface is carved with hieroglyphs describing offerings to the god. The large, sunny courtyard is a Chapel of the New Year, a sun court similar to the one at Dendera. Paintings on the ceiling depict a solar barque sailing through the twelve hours of the day.We continued our journey on the Nile, had lunch aboard ship and cruised the Nile to the Temple of Kom Ombo, set on a hill overlooking a bend in the river. We visited this temple at night. This temple (actually two temples) is unique, as it is Egypt’s only double temple—dedicated to both Sobek, the crocodile god, and Haroeris, the great, winged solar disk. Everything here is doubled—twin entrances, twin courts, and twin colonnades.
After our port talk, we enjoyed an Egyptian Dinner buffet, followed by a Galabeya Party.
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