Travel to Egypt~Temple

I traveled to Egypt mainly to see the pyramids and mummies, and to swim on the Nile River. Other items were not important to me, but this only exposed my ignorance and lack of historical knowledge. It turns out that the most important tourist item when traveling to Egypt is sightseeing. temple.

The temple is neither like the temples in our Asian countries nor the many churches in Europe. In fact, I didn’t even know what the temple was for before visiting it, so the biggest advantage of traveling is that you can learn.

Our Egyptian tour guide Dayang gave us the most popular explanation. The temple is just like the current media. It is a propaganda tool. In order to rule the people, the ancient emperors needed to brainwash the people and make them feel that the emperor was born to them. King, so there are a large number of sculptures and stone carvings in the temple showing gods and kings, similar to the meaning of "divine right of kings". The gods handed over their scepters to the king, and there are many stone carvings showing gods and kings holding hands. What do you think of the common people? Can you not believe it after reading this?

In the past ten days, I have seen many temples, all of which were built by kings of the past dynasties. The buildings of the temples are basically the same, consisting of four parts: the tower gate, the open-air courtyard, the pillared hall and the temple. The earliest dates can be traced back to 6000 years ago, so most of them are incomplete, and many temples are still being repaired.

After seeing so many temples, I actually can’t remember a few of them, so I can only pick out a few that left a lasting impression.

The first temple I went to was called the "Temple of Philae". The Temple of Philae was built in the 4 century BC. It seems to be the best-preserved temple in Egypt now, because it was built in Aswan The temple was submerged during the dam construction, and was later rebuilt with funds from the Egyptian government. The Egyptian government built a cofferdam around the temple, drained the river water in the weir, and then dismantled the temple into 45,000 pieces Stones and 100 carved stone pillars were found in 1979 in 8 about 1 km from Philae Island On the island of Agilgia, it was rebuilt according to its original appearance.

I don’t know why the little girl came over to take a photo when we were taking pictures

What impressed me most was the Abu Simbel Temple. In order to see this temple, we got up very early and drove 300 kilometers to Abu Simbel, the southernmost city in Egypt. But the hard work was worth it.

The Abu Simbel Temple was built around 1300 BC by Ramses II, the most famous king of Egypt. Ramses II was the greatest king of Egypt. He lived 94 years old, ruled Egypt for 74 years. The establishment of this temple was mainly to express the power of the Egyptian king to conquer the local Nubians.

The most amazing thing about this temple is that there is a small stone chamber in the deepest part of the temple. There are four stone statues in it. From left to right, they are Ptah, Amun, · Ra, the deified Ramses II, Ra · Halakhat God. The temple designers over 3,000 years ago used knowledge of astronomy, astrology, geography, mathematics, and physics to design the temple to be dedicated to Ramses II’s birthday. 2 moon twenty two Day and foundation day 10 moon twenty two The golden light of the rising sun can shine through the temple gate and pass through it twice. 60 The temple corridor is meters deep, and is covered with the three statues on the right side of the temple end. 20 For minutes, the temple was shining, while the god of the underworld on the far left was always hiding in the darkness.

Not to mention 3000 years ago, I built one for you now, and you will be convinced after seeing it.

This temple was also moved, and was flooded when Aswan built the dam. UNESCO issued a call to the world to save Nubian cultural heritage, and 51 countries made the decision. In response, Sweden finally won the bid for the migration plan, and the restoration process took 20 years from 1960 to 1980. This also illustrates from one aspect that culture Heredity belongs to all human beings, so we don’t have to worry too much about so many Chinese cultural relics scattered around the world.

The Luxor Temple is on the bank of the Nile. We got off the boat and walked there. The Luxor Temple has a building that distinguishes it from other temples, which is the Avenue of the Sphinx and the Obelisk. , there were originally two symmetrical obelisks in front of the temple, but now only one remains. We have seen the other one a long time ago, which is in the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

When it comes to the existing obelisks in Western countries, the Egyptian Dayang is always aggrieved. He said that they all stole them. But that is not what the Europeans say. There is only one obelisk in France. They say that it is Because Napoleon helped Egypt decipher cuneiform, the Egyptians gave them to them; and there are more than a dozen obelisks in Italy. They said it was because Julius Caesar slept with the Queen of Egypt, so the Queen of Egypt allowed them to take them as they pleased.

Obelisk at Place de la Concorde

Another temple we drove 380 kilometers to see is called the Abydos Temple. It is said that most Egypt tours do not include this stop, but Abydos is one of the four major capitals in Egypt. Baidos Temple is also a relatively well-preserved temple. The temple was built 3000 years ago. The amazing thing is that there are aircraft, submarines and tanks in the murals. You can say that the temple may really be It was built by aliens, and it is also reminiscent of the research of Russian experts. Every conclusion will make you stunned; another magical feature of the Abydos temple is that it is engraved with 75 The king's name completely records more than two thousand years of history.