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There was quite an arch over the highway on the west luxor side o the bridge. Looks new.

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Horus guarded the side of the bridge.

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I'm guessing this is a mosque given the mini-minaret.

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The abundence of flowering bushes in some ways reminded me of Los Angeles. I wonder how much maintenance these take.

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Tractors transporting both crops and people. Red flowers. I don't know if it was just present on the...

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Bridges over the irrigation canals were fairly consistently the location of towns.

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Collosi of Memnon. Known for whistling due too damage before the romans fixed them.

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I wonder if the Collosi of Memnon were always free standing or if there was some sort of temple here. Maybe ornamentation on the rod to somewhere?

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Good example of the fairly tiny size of some of these plots.

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Village in the desert hills.

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I believe this may have been part of a necropolis.

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People were recently moved from homes around this area. Apparently artifacts were a source of illicit income.

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Some sort of restoration was happening here. I think the ruined domes were not ancient Egyptian though.

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The hills were riddled with tombs and history.

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I believe these are examples of some of the tombs you could get if you weren't a high up.

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Fairly rich selection of paintings on that building on the left, including another depiction of Mecca.

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There were often several layers of cliffs. I'm guessing this is sandstone.

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The mountains approaching the valley were fairly intimidating.

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