Image Evening Sky Minya EG076035jhp by Jim Henderson

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Photographs in this gallery cover the main sites of Amarna, its North Palace, Aten and Small Temple, Bani Hasan Rock cut chapels, Tuna el-Gebel with the Catacombs with baboon and ibis mummies, Stela of Akhenaten on the north boundary, Petosiris Tomb-Chapel, Chapels of Ptoemais and Isadora, Roman Water Wheel Well and Temple of Thoth and el Ashmunein with an Open Air Museum with huge granite statues of Baboons and nearby a Temple to Thoth with a later Christian Basilica all located along the River Nile between Cairo and Luxor accessed from the nearby university city of Minya
Evening Sky Minya EG076035jhp River Nile Minya Egypt Egyptian cityscape silhouette TV dishes night taken from the hotel overlooking the City as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. There was a pleasant walk along the promenade and it was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that flew in to their roosting trees as evening closed in. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, night, evening, sunset, pink, red, yellow, trees, silhouette, hotel, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, landscape, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, promenade, street, traffic, lights, skyline, minarets, lights, satellite, dishes
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Minya, Amarna & Ashmunayn
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Evening Sky Minya EG076035jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-22 15:48:55
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River Nile Minya Egypt Egyptian cityscape silhouette TV dishes night

taken from the hotel overlooking the City as the base for visiting the sites of Bani Hasan and Amarna. There was a pleasant walk along the promenade and it was also fascinating for the huge flocks of small birds that flew in to their roosting trees as evening closed in. We stayed in the Mercure Hotel Nefertiti, an aging hotel which had seen better days and it overlooked the newer chalet type complex called Hotel Aten.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, River Nile, Minya, city, night, evening, sunset, pink, red, yellow, trees, silhouette, hotel, view, excursion, tour, package, holiday, travel, digital, landscape, Egyptology, history, archaeology, ancient, promenade, street, traffic, lights, skyline, minarets, lights, satellite, dishes