After a restful night we woke and had breakfast ready for our shore trip to Edfu Temple in Edfu. This temple is famous as the best preserved temple in Egypt. It is dedicated to the God Horus and therefore has lots of pictures of Horus inside. The carvings and Hieroglyphics were beautiful.
After a few hours of sailing, relaxing, and reading, we ventured ashore again to visit Kom Ombo temple, also known as the Temple of Haroeris and Sobek. This was an interesting temple with an array of fascinating hieroglyphs. For Brii the most interesting part was the section showing ancient medical instruments which were strikingly similar to some instruments still used today! We are constantly amazed at the advanced living standards of the ancient Egyptians.
Another restful night on the boat cruising slowly down the Nile.
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