4 days in Egypt

Churches and temples

In addition to Jerusalem, a city in the same place at the same time, there are three major religion of the Church, I'm afraid to few Cairo.

St. Mary's Church, Islam mosque, synagogue in Cairo's famous old town.

There are more than 2000 old mosque, in 1979 by UNESCO as cultural heritage, including the World Heritage list, is referred to as the "city of a thousand Tower."

Cairo is a nearly 20 million population of the metropolitan, where Muslim population of 97%, Muslim 5 times a day to pray. In this city, often chanting sound coming from the portico. We asked the guide of curiosity that Islam daily prayer Word effect: "Allah is the only Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, do prayer time, let's do pray. ”

St. Mary's Church and synagogue in the most ancient Islamic mosque nearby.

St. Mary's Church there are two layers, the first layer of the original is the Church, later due to flooding of the Nile and abandoned flooded, plus floors above, as now, the church became the first layer. flood prevention excretion

Synagogues also has more than 100 years of history, is now no longer used became ruins.

Block train from Cairo to Luxor is a good choice, although Egypt train, but it's the balcony only lived for two people, this point than the Chinese train soft sleeper live four people. 8 pm-train, wake up to the capital of ancient Egypt Luxor.

Split the Luxor Nile River, the East coast of the River is called the life of the city, the West Bank is a city of death.

Magnificent Kanak Temple (karnak temple) and Luxor Temple (luxor temple) in the East of the Nile.

Kanak Temple is an ancient Egypt's Pharaoh, worship the Sun God, the great buildings is the world's most magnificent historical buildings, is also one of the largest temples in Egypt.

Entry has a long corridor that line both sides of the goats stone carving.

Temple towering tall, 38 m, awe-inspiring. The Temple of the Lord and the magnificent dignified, 16 row a total of 134 root jushi cylindrical, with a maximum of 12 root, root high 28 meters above the column residue has described the Sun God story of painting. The most striking is as high as 47 metre Obelisk, stele with a block of stone after cutting, polishing, engraving, monument of the Simian is sanded smooth so that carved exquisite ancient Egypt hieroglyphs, Spire points directly to the sky. What is the force to such a monument to here, and it erected? although someone tell me the answer, but I prefer not to write it. Ancient Egypt with hieroglyphs here writing in their brilliant, these buildings are their immortal historical relics.

20 November, at the Luxor