I MADE A VISIT TO TO MADINAT HABU with its massive Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III

MY VISIT TO MADINAT HABU: The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III

Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III

Standing before the massive Continue reading “I MADE A VISIT TO TO MADINAT HABU with its massive Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III“

I VISITED KARNAK TEMPLE IN LUXOR when it was without the crowds

I WAS ABLE TO VISIT KARNAK TEMPLE WHEN IT WAS EMPTY, 🇪🇬 apart from the staff – check my video of this visit at the end of this blog .  I’ve visited the magnificent site at Karnak perhaps a dozen times, but my most memorable visit wasn’t this one but my first, when I explored Egypt in mid-summer 1985.

The First Pylon at Karnak and the Tomb of Sheikh Ali bin Daqiq Al Eid (1813-1885AD)
The First Pylon at Karnak and the Tomb of Sheikh Ali bin Daqiq Al Eid (1813-1885AD)

One of the things I did then was Continue reading “I VISITED KARNAK TEMPLE IN LUXOR when it was without the crowds“

Oman Air to Muscat

Flying from the green of an English Summer into Muscat on Oman Air

The rain of a typical British Summer has kept trees in early summer leaf (except the Horse Chestnut which, where we live, has been badly affected by the new fungus which creates an Autumn brown off in early July).

English Fields
English Fields

On the ground the constant downpours have forced the birds of the garden under the creepers, Continue reading “Oman Air to Muscat”