Bart Bear's Blog

The oldies visited a heap of old temples while they were in Egypt. This one is at Luxor. It is one of the largest ones that tourists can visit. The walls by the gates are 24 meters high. Most of what is in the picture was built by Ramses II and the walls have lots of carvings and heiroglyphs telling about his victories. Naturally, the statues by the gateway are of Ramses; it seems that he put statues of himself in most places in Egypt. There were more statues of him by the gate but they have been taken away to museums all around the world. The big spikey thing on the left of the gateway is called an obelisk. You find these all over Egypt as well. If you think it is strange to have an obelisk and a statue on one side of the gate and a statue but no obelisk on the other side, you are right. There used to be an obelisk on each side, but one of the modern kings of Egypt gave it away. Sadly, there are no statues or carvings of small bears in Egyptian temples.

Labels: Egypt