Abu Simbel: The Magic Of The Egyptian Border Architecture

After a flight from Cairo to Aswan, we chose to stay in a large hotel that used to be King Farouk's castle. People accept this "luxury" because the hotel is located on the banks of the Nile, where we can observe a part of Egyptian river life. Moreover, early the next morning, the group had a trip to Abu Simbel wonder - the journey was said to be quite difficult, so the members needed to have a relaxing evening before the tour. However, it is not as wide as many rivers in Vietnam. From the hotel, looking across the river, it was clear that some places were rocky banks, some were brick houses or streets

. Sailing boats, motor boats, small boats carrying tourists around the water are quite noisy. The reason for having time to see the scenery was because everyone had to wait for the convoy to come crowded enough to visit the Abu Simbel Temple. Tourist cars and temple buses all went together in a large group, accompanied by police cars before.



Abu Simbel is located only 14 kilometers from the Sudanese border, so ensuring the security of visitors is always respected by local authorities. The convoy has two times a day, an early morning and one noon trip. Although the road is 280km long but the roads are good so it takes only 3 hours by car, half an hour by plane.Abu Simbel in the man-made mountain After leaving the city about 20 minutes, we begin to see The rocky mountain is large but not very high. The two sides of the road saw all the sand and sand, immense, endless, sucking eyes, no trees or houses. The guide tells us that ancient Egyptians took stones from these mountains to build pyramids. They wait for the flooding season to carry tons of rocks weighing tons of rocks from Aswan to Giza (Cairo) by boat, and the car is passing through the Sahara desert Sometimes people look on the sand and see it as a reflection of lake water, but the instructor says it is an illusion, there are no lakes on this road.



About 15 minutes after plastic, very high sand mountains appear. It is the back of the Abu Simbel temple. The temple courtyard is spacious, with many rows of chairs for visitors to sit and listen to the guide explain or to watch the performance of strange and funny performances. The temple is a rocky, artificial sand mountain on the back of the temple recently available, when the temple was brought to the ground from deep water. Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt from 1279-1213 BC, erected works along the Nile to record his deeds, including Abu Simbel including the King's temple and the most famous Queen's temple. In front of the Temple of the King at Abu SimbelLight in the King's Temple is 33 meters high, 38 meters wide, 56 meters deep in the mountain. In front of the temple there are four sitting Ramses II statues, each 22m high. All are carved from his image when wearing the Pharaoh crown.



At the feet of the king is the statue of the king's family including the queen and her children. The statue of Queen Nefertari is only knee-high and the statues of children are up to the king's calves. From here we go straight into the corridor. The narrower the structure becomes. The first corridor had two rows of crossed stone statues standing neatly on the podium, with a solemn expression, wearing hats like kings and mandarins. Stepping into the second corridor, many intricately carved reliefs over thousands of years in drawings and hieroglyphs recount Ramses II's glorious victories. The color of the carvings on the stone wall, the ceiling is bold, almost intact despite being soaked in the water of Lake Nasser for a long time. altars, cliffs, ceilings, each image is a thrilling tale.



At the end of the corridor, there are four largest statues of the statue of Ptah, the god Amun-Ra, King Ramses II and the god Ra. King Ramses II is a self-proclaimed god, a god, so he stands on par with other gods in the most noble position in the temple. , many ancient tales never end. In addition to the corridor just said, the temple has many other splendid rooms. The special feature of the temple is that twice a year on February 22 and December 22, the morning rays of the morning sun shine directly on the four idols that last for 24 minutes. The sun shone half of the bodies of Ra and Amun-Ra, the entire body of King Ramses II. This makes the Egyptians very proud of the architect's miraculous calculation of the position of the statues. 120 meters north of the Temple of the King is the Empress Temple, worshiping the famous wife of Ramses II.



. The temple is 12m high, 28m wide, 17m long, the temple front has six stone statues, each 10 meters high. Four stone statues represent the king, two represent the queen. Next to the feet of each statue, there are 12 small stone statues that are higher than the knees, symbolizing princes and princesses. cow head shape. Inside there are corridors, rooms and rooms with many ancient Egyptian figures and characters carved in stone. Morphs.

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