Yesterday, after a presentation about ongoing discoveries and digs in Egypt, we explored the West Bank Valley of the Kings and various royal tombs. How refreshing it was to visit a West Bank that is not in Palestine.
The afternoon was spent lounging on deck as we progressed up the Nile towards Edfu and watched the countryside and those who live and work there slide by. We had nothing to do but do nothing, to steal Mark Twain’s description of a long ocean voyage.
Today we’re to visit the Horus Temple at Edfu, one of the largest in Egypt, and the Kom Ombo Temple, the latter built during the second century before the common era. In the afternoon, we’re going to loaf again on board, as our royal barge takes us further up the Nile, this time to Aswan.
[written while still in New York, based on the official itinerary. I look forward to reporting some of my observations when we return.]
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