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I decided to take my previous advice and do today’s Fun Photo Friday in color-filtered Black & White. Let me know what you think. Meanwhile, today’s entry means we leave behind Egypt and head to our next photo destination on this months-long journey from earlier this year.

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One of the things I most enjoyed about photographing Karnak was the way light and shadow played across the numerous columns, highlighting hieroglyphics and bas reliefs. Indeed, I anticipate that many of these photographs will convert very nicely into black & white, especially with some judicial use of color filtering before the conversion. And in case you’re wondering what I mean by that, here are some articles I wrote on the subject: Black & White Photography—It’s All ...

Contining today with another photo gallery/slide show of the sights you’ll find at the Karnak Temple Complex. If you’re lost in the images, I refer you back to last Monday’s article containing much information on Karnak.

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Today I present the first of two Fun Photo Fridays of Karnak favorites. That also makes this the second-to-last Fun Photo Friday of Egypt before we head to our next photo destination.

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I pretty much set up today’s piece on Monday when I gave descriptions of the Avenue of the Rams, the first pylon leading into Karnak, and the Great Hypostyle Hall beyond. So, today I’m going to let the pictures do the talking with a photo gallery/slide show.

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Our last stop on this River Nile cruise aboard the Jazz Celebrity, and indeed our last stop in Egypt before flying out to Istanbul the next day, was the Karnak Temple Complex. This last stop would be particularly bittersweet, as it also meant the end of our wonderful time with our exceptional tour guide throughout this journey, Mohamad Salah. If you can one day make this trip, I cannot recommend highly eno...

Believe it or not, we’re getting close to the end on the Egyptian segment of our months-long journey. We have about two more weeks to go before moving on to the next of our destinations from this past February-March-April trip. I hope you’re enjoying the views! Here is today’s Fun Photo Friday gallery and slide show featuring more Valley of the Kings favorites:

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We’re now heading deep into KV11, the burial tomb of Ramesses III. But before we get to today’s photo gallery/slide show, time for a little history lesson on the politics of Ancient Egypt. Just in case you thought only the Roman Empire held political intrigue and ascension by murder, consider the tale of Ramesses III. This poor fellow was murdered on the orders of his secondary wife Tiye and her eldest son Pentawer in what became known as th...

Back during our honeymoon, Ursula and I unexpectedly ran across the touring U.S. exhibit of the treasures discovered inside the tomb of Tutankhamun (a.k.a., “King Tut”). That tomb, now designated KV62, was discovered in 1922 by George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and Howard Carter, with the latter receiving the bulk of the credit. Thus, since we’d both “been there; seen that”, so to speak, neither Ursula nor I felt the need to tempt fate by paying...

Today’s Fun Photo Friday features more Valley of the King favorites:

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