Egypt travel--about Africa, go to Egypt (9)

October 3, 2007 in Alexandria Lighthouse — Pompeii column-hole El-Al-sukha method (kom.el--shuqafa) Tomb-Summer Palace-Cairo

The second day, eat breakfast, I went downstairs to see drivers have to keep a watching him, have been waiting in the lobby, it seems that people still talk about Egypt's credit.

Can this idea be overturned by me, and just sit in the car drivers and I said yesterday, the price is too low, what I am going to go very far to be added as a summer resort. I asked how much, he said that two hundred, I think he got it wrong twice even said, too far over four times, I angrily and his theory, finally I added to the 80, he dropped to 150 to Moscow, he said, let me get off 80 back to the hotel, I don't keep promises gas, pick up the package, but I thought he would tell me, but come out very far but didn't hear sounds, typically the case shows my price is too low, he could not accept. Castle of 15 century period in accordance with the Sudan cover shell construction, construction of the Castle also leverages the lighthouse ruins of some stones, it may be that a wonderful architectural traces of the last. Now the Castle open up to the exhibition of the history of navigation equipment and navigational information.

Alexandria lighthouse at a distance of 1 km of the coast of the island at the Ross, also known as faross lighthouse.

From 305 years BC, Alexander City gradually became something Trade Center and an important port in the Eastern Mediterranean, high traffic, but port nearby terrain. Alexander men occupation of Egypt, ordered the construction of a lighthouse. Greece famous architects design cable STRAT was instructed, spent 20 years time, 270 years BC. According to written records, the appearance of the Alexandria lighthouse to Babylonian style, the white limestone, granite, marble and bronze built. Tower in three-layer, the lowest level for four columns, the second layer is the octagonal columns, the highest level, for cylindrical tower Shanghai god Poseidon Statue of East, whole Lighthouse up to 135 metres, the equivalent of a 40-story building in the third layer, 8 root cylindrical watching a dome, and spiral channel leading to the top. Here's a great way to a mirror, reflected sunlight during the day, evening light reflection in the gigantic Brazier, lighting of the lamp to light into 56 km away from the sea lanes, there is another way of saying it is in this mysterious mirror you can see in the distance. What kind of design, I'm afraid will always be a mystery.

At the completion of up to 1500 years, the lighthouse of Alexandria has been in the dark for sailors guidelines into the harbor.

Later, the new rulers capital Cairo, Lighthouse started to neglect, several major earthquake almost totally destroyed the lighthouse, the 15th century and was built on the site cover Bay lighthouse on Castle, Alexander became the sixth extinction of ancient architectural wonders, since only the pyramids at the age alone proved.

But people never forget the great lighthouse.

Now Ross island has passed by blocking Sea Dam and Alexander city, people around the world come to visit the streamed. Close to the city of Alexandria 48 kilometres of Abu-Sylla, also has a smaller copy of the lighthouse for visitors. Archaeologists continue to explore the history of being buried, in November 1996, the archaeology personnel are found deep in the Eastern Mediterranean is said to be the remnants of the lighthouse of Alexandria.

After you finish the lighthouse site visitors, our car left the high-rises, bright and clean beach Road, southwest of the city, enter the old town, the tail as the rumbling of the tram, in the stone streets slowly creeping, no one will come to a wall.

Enter the gate, a desolate high ground a huge thing, which breaking into Optimus Prime is the famous Pompeii column (i.e. savory stone pillar) is Alexander City City emblem. Along the right path to column-level, Brae, looking up at the top, I saw it column directly plug into the sky, like a rather scary to be dumped. Day Alexandria's Chinese tourists, go see the Chinese people. With the rapid development of China's economy, "go out and see the world" becomes much easier. I rub in the China team behind listening tour commentary. "Savory", the Arabic word for "mast". It is said that the Arabs in a.d. 641 year occupation of the city, from this pillar stands to 400 pillar consists of the Central Colonnade, shaped as a sailboat mast, hence its name. Columns by column base, column, column top three parts, the total height of 26.85 meters, weighing about 500 tons. Cylinder body is cylindrical, upper diameter 2.3 m, lower 2.7 m, total length 20.75 m, consists of a block of red granite hewn. Roof to Roman Corinthian-style, decorated with flower pattern acanthaceae. Stone pillars of stone from Aswan, Egypt on the Ark with the Nile and its tributaries arrived in Alexandria. The erection of stone columns in the column-based around home soil into concave, and then drag it into the concave central column base, shaft after clear surrounding barrier soil.

Roman Emperor Daikelixian rule, stationed at the Alexander the great rebellion in the AHL, daikelixian pro rate force Expeditionary crusade against the siege 8 months, brutally repression.

At that time the city full of hungry inherit a plague epidemic. Daikelixian to food, relievethe, appease people. A.d. 297 years, Egypt's Chief spoth spit Moss in tournament buisse temple square, the central building this pillar, to show gratitude. Column base on the West side walls carved with four lines, vaguely discernible: "as invincible Alexander guardianship God just daikelixian Emperor spoth spit Moss would like to introduce this column".

From Stonehenge to West, dozens of step by step, to a small piece of depression.

In 1895, in the North of the depression of cave discovered a superior race buisse Idol, now Alexander Greece Rome museums. Idol by black danailingou sculptured, calf-shaped, 1 round between two horns, two ears forward spread as it is said to be the Horn, in listening to the voice of the people.Depression on the South there is a broad road, go East to direct-to-post here. Road along the rocks there were squares to hew and place the lamp holes. One said it is the Temple of subsidiary buisse, another library that is a branch of the ancient library of Alexandria. The year 48 years, is located at the Riviera collection 70 million copies of the Alexandria Library was burned down by the flames of war, part of the Papyrus Museum of book that this migration. From the road out to the South, many ancient water wells. Pillar of the South, two Sphinx statues still prostrate. To the Southwest, labis Temple ruins still exist.

For hundreds of years, savory stone pillar left many anecdotes and anecdotes.

Crusader officers mistook the Pompeii Roman (106 BC-48 years ago) was Caesar defeated and fled to Egypt, died in Egypt hands, its ashes to ashes on top of the column, so the jar Europe still to Pompeii column. 1000 years, Alexander has undergone tremendous changes, many famous monuments or in ruins, or disappeared, but savory stone standing erect, now a symbol of the city of Alexandria.

Next we went from Pompeii column not far from the famous underground tombs--hole El · Al-sukha method (Kom el--Shuqafa) Tomb.

About a.d. 1 to 2 century period, is very large. What the Fuk tombs, were a rich man to bury the dead relatives, have to pay to join a company tombs. This cemetery is unique, it is the deep underground buildings around 23 meters, divided into 3 layers. Originally belonged to a large family, and later other family also here ruzang with 200 graves. Its entrance is a circle of the mummies of the surge is going from the wellhead with rope. Around the shaft wall is spiral step, pick up the order, the tomb of the Central Office of a Hall, which has eight pillars; the left is another post office, its three sides marble bench, this is the so-called "Banquet Hall", as the funeral of the deceased, all family members and friends gather here, around the middle of a wood table and banquets, after the wine jar to the ground, "hole El" is broken pots.

This is not allowed to take photographs and management is strict, the door must hand over the camera saves by guards.

From the main Tomb in walking down the stairs down to see the Central Hall, Central Hall and then go straight until the next step, the tomb of the "Center". This is a very simple vaults, just before the grave has a decorative cumbersome arches, so pay special attention. Arches on each side there is a papyrus-shaped pillars, stigma to flower decoration. Pillars on each side of the wall with a twist, headband double crown of serpents, head on top with a disc, there are the Greece of the wine god Dionysius (Dionysus) and business and the invention of the god Hermes (Hermes) image. The two sides of the wall also has a niche, there stood a man respectively (right) a female (left) of two statues, is probably the owner of the grave. Arches, each dressed in Roman soldiers armour of God than, Okechukwu Ibeanu (Anubis, right) and the Saite-Stephen God (Seth — Typhon, left) image in relief. Square outer coffin engraved aapies Holy cow (Apis) image, you cannot open the coffin, but behind the portal can go, the deceased's mummy is probably the only at the funeral of '. Grave behind the wall many manifestations of funerary relief, such as the middle man vaults behind walls, performance is a mummy lying on a bed of lion's head decoration, with charge-Ruz (Horus), Anuruddha Bissell and figure (Thoth) hold, a priest in the ceremony.

The tomb of the "Center" of the perimeter and there are many grave.

Depth and much more. From the "Center on the right side of the grave" through a door, go up along the bench, enter another grave group, one of the tomb of murals (see figure) performance is iciz (Isis)-Vladimir Sith (Nephthis) watching Olympic Rhys (Osiris) of mummies. In addition there is a Hall called "the Office" Kala (Caracalla), because here the Roman Emperor Kala soldiers and remains of their horse, these remains are still preserved in situ.

Specifically, the performance of ancient Egypt topics here frescoes there is a simplicity of classical style, this indicates they are not out of the ancient Egypt's craftsmen, but rather represents a derived from Alexandria where artistic style.

This phenomenon is not an isolated, at the time of the Roman world, the goddess of iciz spread of worship, was originally native Egypt style and compositions of classical style parallel, common manifestations of traditional Egypt theme, little by little, the latter had also gained the upper hand.

By a group of Chinese tourists back out of the hole El · Al-sukha method Tomb we drove to the summer palace, Montaza Palace.

It is located in the city East, 155.4 hectares, surrounded, is a unique garden. 1952 years ago has been a Royal family's summer resort, is now open to visitors. The Park has Farouk King Palace (now the Egypt State Guesthouse). Hedi El · ' pull ' II at the turn of the century, built by the Turkey-Florentine building, is the Royal summer. The Palace's closed to the public, its appearance is important to note that frequently appears in the topic letter f. It is said that a report only the people tell the King Fouad, letter f will give his family good luck, since he and his son Farouk to their sons named beginning with F. 1951 Farouk and NA ruiman married, did not change her name, January 1952 the birth of their son, he is he named Necdet de · Fouad, the letter f is placed in the second place, 6 months after the Farouk deposed. Since the days of hot I just walk in the garden, the garden was planted with coconut-tree. Go for a driver to drive a car to take me for a spin, I agreed.

Originally I also want to visit the library of Alexandria, followed by the local drivers that don't know, but to let him take me back.

This is my Egypt tour of another big regret. The hotel is opposite McDonald's and KFC food shops, I want to go drink a rest, because it is the holy month of Ramadan areOnly open in the afternoon. I was walking around the streets freely, most of the hotels are closed, but there are some snack shop are open, I see a shop like finger shape snack, cannot help but speculate is it is mentioned in the travel notes called "AZ na white fingers" snacks. A foreigner to I confirmed this point and recommended another kind of dim sum, I am pleased to point all bought, want to eat on the train. My luggage from the hotel, the attendant to call a taxi is a table, but from the beginning to the end, he did not play table. Had intended to take the train back to Cairo, the driver but yinchaiyangcuo I sent to the bus station, just back to Cairo after I buy to Hurgada by bus, take the bus back. After boarding, I sat next to a pious Muslim prayer times, whenever he has to read the Koran also put Muslim music. I look around no passengers eat drink, dessert I can't eat, and water are just drink two secretly. In Ramadan, especially in public places or to respect each other's customs.

From Alexander to Cairo by bus to 3 hours, entered the Sphinx is a traffic jam, Cairo bus station from the city centre so far, reached the bus station is a full five hours.

Back to Cairo hotel it was late, belly grumbles, I can't wait to open the cookies taste, Egypt's dessert is the "reputation", and sweet and get fed up with, estimated that travels authors have a passion for dessert. I eat only half hot pickled mustard tuber to gently across the world, really sorry mustard with a package.