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The ancient heritage in Egypt can blow your mind, especially if you are an ancient architecture buff. Have a look!

...many significant sites litter the west bank. Like the valleys of kings and queens, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, and the colossi of Memnon. UNESCO inscribed them on its World Heritage List in 1979. - Luxor West Bank - A Bumper Crop of Heritage - Travelure ©

Luxor West Bank – A Bumper Crop of Heritage

...many significant sites litter the west bank. Like the valleys of kings and queens, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, and the colossi of Memnon. UNESCO inscribed them on its World Heritage List in 1979. - Luxor West Bank - A Bumper Crop of Heritage - Travelure ©
This temple is dedicated to Khnum, the ram-headed creator, who shaped humans on his potter’s wheel. Ancient Egyptian mythology considers Khnum androgynous, its male manifestation being Khnum, and the female, Neith. - Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt - The Ram-headed God - Travelure ©

Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt – The Ram-headed God

This temple is dedicated to Khnum, the ram-headed creator, who shaped humans on his potter’s wheel. Ancient Egyptian mythology considers Khnum androgynous, its male manifestation being Khnum, and the female, Neith. - Temple of Khnum, Esna, Egypt - The Ram-headed God - Travelure ©
Ancient Egyptian history placed a great deal of importance on this cult, as it signified the triumph of good over evil. And all pharaohs claimed to be incarnations of Horus. - Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt - Fountainhead of a Cult - Travelure ©

Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt – Fountainhead of a Cult

Ancient Egyptian history placed a great deal of importance on this cult, as it signified the triumph of good over evil. And all pharaohs claimed to be incarnations of Horus. - Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt - Fountainhead of a Cult - Travelure ©
I call it a Siamese Twin from Egyptian mythology as it is one-of-a-kind in entire Egypt - perhaps the only double temple dedicated to two gods, Sobek, and Horus. - Kom Ombo Temple - A Siamese Twin from Egyptian Mythology - Travelure ©

Kom Ombo Temple – A Siamese Twin from Egyptian Mythology

I call it a Siamese Twin from Egyptian mythology as it is one-of-a-kind in entire Egypt - perhaps the only double temple dedicated to two gods, Sobek, and Horus. - Kom Ombo Temple - A Siamese Twin from Egyptian Mythology - Travelure ©
Isis is associated with funeral rites, but also as the giver of life, a healer, and a protector of kings. Little wonder they represent her with a throne on her head. - Temple of Isis at Philae, Egypt - Travelure ©

Temple of Isis at Philae, Egypt

Isis is associated with funeral rites, but also as the giver of life, a healer, and a protector of kings. Little wonder they represent her with a throne on her head. - Temple of Isis at Philae, Egypt - Travelure ©
...a technique that uses optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it is... - Have fun with the forced perspective - Travelure ©

Have fun with the forced perspective

...a technique that uses optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it is... - Have fun with the forced perspective - Travelure ©
Simbel Wonder - Abu Simbel Egypt - Travelure ©

Simbel Wonder – Abu Simbel Egypt

In the 1960s, a team dismantled Abu Simbel into large stone blocks. Those blocks were then transported from their original location to a sandstone cliff - Simbel Wonder - Abu Simbel Egypt - Travelure ©

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