This selection of videos compiled into a playlist contains highlights of just completed travel to Egypt that took us from the Giza Pyramids near Cairo in the north to Abu Simbel near Egypt's southern border.
The journey included a Nile River cruise from Luxor to Aswan and travel by bus to Abu Simbel and Hurghada on the Red Sea. Visited were all three of Egypt's major museums: the original Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo where King Tut's Gold Death Mask and golden throne continue to be displayed, The Museum of Egyptian Civilization where the mummies of all of the Pharaohs other than King Tut have been preserved, and the new Great Egyptian Museum (GEM).
A visit to the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, or Thebes as it was ancient known, included capturing in video King Tut's tomb along with his mummy housed there. Among the other tombs visited there was that of King Seth I who lived 90 years after King Tut and has the most impressively decorated tomb in the valley with its preserved colored walls and astronomical ceiling.
Abu SimbEl is the location of two temples that were rescued from immersion in the waters of Lake Nasser that was created by building of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s. It was a world wide engineering effort that allowed the temples to be moved up onto higher ground along with the creation of two mountains to contain them.
"The F.B.I." (Federal Bureau of Investigation) was an American television program which ran from 1965 to 1974 on the ABC television network.
All actors and actresses who appeared on the program had to undergo an FBI check and those with police or criminal records were rejected from the program.
@WillieBoyd2 said:
"The F.B.I." (Federal Bureau of Investigation) was an American television program which ran from 1965 to 1974 on the ABC television network.
All actors and actresses who appeared on the program had to undergo an FBI check and those with police or criminal records were rejected from the program.
Happily this young actress passed the FBI check:
I had a summer internship during that time period that included working at a correctional facility, The F.B.I. show was the favorite program of the inmates there.
Egypt’s Historic Coptic Christian Church with 110 Icons, Noah's Ark Barreled Ceiling and a 15 Pillared Marble Pulpit
In the below linked video one can see the barrel shaped ceiling of the Hanging Christian Church which has the intended appearance of being an inverted Noah’s Ark.
In addition one can see the church’s marble pulpit supported by 15 columns. 12 of the columns represent the 12 apostles 1:01 and the other three represent Christ, Mary and John the Baptist. The one black column is for Judas and the gray one for Doubting Thomas.
Boasting 110 icons with its oldest ones from the 8th Century that include the “Coptic Mona Lisa,” The Hanging Christian Church in Old Cairo a/k/a Saint Virgin Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church is the most famous Christian Church in Egypt.
After the 4th Century it replaced a Roman Church that was part of the Roman Babylon Fortress that preceded it. Until the Arabs invaded Egypt 300 years later, Christianity was the majority religion in Egypt. Even today 20% of Egyptians are Coptic Christians. (the word “Coptic” means Egyptian and the religion itself is closest to Greek Orthodox with a primary difference being their belief that there is only one God with multiple personalities rather than a trinity of three different entities.
During one of its early renovations it was built to span across a gap between two towers of the original Roman Fortress giving it the appearance of “hanging,” hence its name .
After the Pope of the Coptic Christian Church relocated from Alexandria to Cairo when Arabs came to rule Egypt, this church was the Coptic Pope’s headquarters for 100s of years. Closely associated with this church was the “Miracle of the Moving a Mountain.” The Caliph who ruled Egypt challenged the Coptic Pope to move a mountain as the Bible in Matthew said could be done by faith. For three days the Pope prayed in this church until he was told in a vision to seek out a tanner with one eye who would give him further instructions. He found the tanner and following his instructions was able to cause a nearby mountain to lift up and come back down. Seeing this the Caliph allowed Christianity to co-exist with Islam.
Two other significant events are heralded in the paintings at this church. One was the martyrdom of a Governor’s daughter and 40 virgins who refused to renounce Christianity when Rome initially ruled Egypt. The other was the Christ Child’s Sojourn in Egypt with “The Holy Family” as they fled the wrath of Herod.
As a matter of fact, a competing Coptic Christian Church in Old Cairo located just a block away is accepted as having been built over the cavern in which the “Holy Family” hid for some three months. Visiting the Cavern Church one can see what is purported to be the very stones upon which Jesus walked.
Link to Video Taken Inside of Egypt's Historic Coptic Christian Church known as The Hanging Church:
Related Photos beginning with Egypt's Mona Lisa from the 8th Century AD as it hangs as one of the older icons in the Hanging Church:
Photos taken inside the church showing the marble pulpit supported by 15 columns representing the 12 Apostles, Mary, Jesus and John the Baptist:
Outside view of the Hanging Church along with murals lining the walkway to its 29 steps:
Mural depicting the Holy Family as they fled to Egypt to evade Herod's Decree:
Mural Depicting the Miracle of the Moving of the Mountain:
Mural of the Governor's Daughter and 40 Virgins who were Martyrs after having refused to Denounce their Christian Faith to the Romans:
One of the two tower from the Original Roman Fortress from which the Hanging Church later hung:
The nearby Cavern Coptic Christian Church built over the Cavern in which the Holy Family hid for three months of their journey to Egypt including the stones upon which Jesus is claimed to have walked as a toddler:
The Holy Family's Year and a half Journey in Egypt:
Comments
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
New way to exit the upstairs of a house.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
THE BEST OF EGYPT IN VIDEO AND PHOTOS
This selection of videos compiled into a playlist contains highlights of just completed travel to Egypt that took us from the Giza Pyramids near Cairo in the north to Abu Simbel near Egypt's southern border.
The journey included a Nile River cruise from Luxor to Aswan and travel by bus to Abu Simbel and Hurghada on the Red Sea. Visited were all three of Egypt's major museums: the original Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo where King Tut's Gold Death Mask and golden throne continue to be displayed, The Museum of Egyptian Civilization where the mummies of all of the Pharaohs other than King Tut have been preserved, and the new Great Egyptian Museum (GEM).
A visit to the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, or Thebes as it was ancient known, included capturing in video King Tut's tomb along with his mummy housed there. Among the other tombs visited there was that of King Seth I who lived 90 years after King Tut and has the most impressively decorated tomb in the valley with its preserved colored walls and astronomical ceiling.
Abu SimbEl is the location of two temples that were rescued from immersion in the waters of Lake Nasser that was created by building of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s. It was a world wide engineering effort that allowed the temples to be moved up onto higher ground along with the creation of two mountains to contain them.
Link to VideoPlaylist:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734Bfb2Alw8RYQE1YFWXOogHHf2
Concurrently Taken Photos:
The Temples at Abu Simbel:
Tombs at the Valley of Kings;
Tomb of King Seti I - The Valley's Most Impressive Tomb with its original colored walls and Astronomical Ceiling:
Tomb of King Tut as discovered intact by Howard Carter at the beginning of the 20th Century:
Entry to the Valley of The Kings in Luxor:
Treasures Found in King Tut's Tomb that have been relocated to The Egyptian Museum of Antiquity in Cairo:
Gold Funeral Mask at Cairo museum and coffin similar to King Tut's:
Avenue of Sphinxes at Luxor Temple in Luxor:
Egypt's oldest Pyramid, a Step Pyramid built by King Djoser in Saqqara 4,700 years ago:
Views from the Nile River Cruise Ship:
The Pyramids of Giza including Climbing the Great Pyramid, the Last Surviving Wonder of the Ancient World:
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
My prettiest toner is also an 1886 😎
My YouTube Channel
35 years ago
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
INYNWHWeTrust-TexasNationals,ajaan,blu62vette
coinJP, Outhaul ,illini420,MICHAELDIXON, Fade to Black,epcjimi1,19Lyds,SNMAN,JerseyJoe, bigjpst, DMWJR , lordmarcovan, Weiss,Mfriday4962,UtahCoin,Downtown1974,pitboss,RichieURich,Bullsitter,JDsCoins,toyz4geo,jshaulis, mustanggt, SNMAN, MWallace, ms71, lordmarcovan
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
islemangu@yahoo.com
"Every peace has its enemies, those who still prefer the easy habits of hatred to the hard labors of reconciliation."
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Mainstreet in Collierville, TN- 1947
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
"The F.B.I." (Federal Bureau of Investigation) was an American television program which ran from 1965 to 1974 on the ABC television network.
All actors and actresses who appeared on the program had to undergo an FBI check and those with police or criminal records were rejected from the program.
Happily this young actress passed the FBI check:
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
From our garden to my homemade pickles. If you are diabetic, you might want to google the health benefits of "bitter melon"
Formerly known as deadmunny
Positive transactions with: dcarr, JWP, Cent1225, slantycouch, dontippet, Gerard, Scrapman1077, USMC_6115, rah1959
I had a summer internship during that time period that included working at a correctional facility, The F.B.I. show was the favorite program of the inmates there.
INYNWHWeTrust-TexasNationals,ajaan,blu62vette
coinJP, Outhaul ,illini420,MICHAELDIXON, Fade to Black,epcjimi1,19Lyds,SNMAN,JerseyJoe, bigjpst, DMWJR , lordmarcovan, Weiss,Mfriday4962,UtahCoin,Downtown1974,pitboss,RichieURich,Bullsitter,JDsCoins,toyz4geo,jshaulis, mustanggt, SNMAN, MWallace, ms71, lordmarcovan
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Help, I 've fallen and can't get up
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Egypt’s Historic Coptic Christian Church with 110 Icons, Noah's Ark Barreled Ceiling and a 15 Pillared Marble Pulpit
In the below linked video one can see the barrel shaped ceiling of the Hanging Christian Church which has the intended appearance of being an inverted Noah’s Ark.
In addition one can see the church’s marble pulpit supported by 15 columns. 12 of the columns represent the 12 apostles 1:01 and the other three represent Christ, Mary and John the Baptist. The one black column is for Judas and the gray one for Doubting Thomas.
Boasting 110 icons with its oldest ones from the 8th Century that include the “Coptic Mona Lisa,” The Hanging Christian Church in Old Cairo a/k/a Saint Virgin Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church is the most famous Christian Church in Egypt.
After the 4th Century it replaced a Roman Church that was part of the Roman Babylon Fortress that preceded it. Until the Arabs invaded Egypt 300 years later, Christianity was the majority religion in Egypt. Even today 20% of Egyptians are Coptic Christians. (the word “Coptic” means Egyptian and the religion itself is closest to Greek Orthodox with a primary difference being their belief that there is only one God with multiple personalities rather than a trinity of three different entities.
During one of its early renovations it was built to span across a gap between two towers of the original Roman Fortress giving it the appearance of “hanging,” hence its name .
After the Pope of the Coptic Christian Church relocated from Alexandria to Cairo when Arabs came to rule Egypt, this church was the Coptic Pope’s headquarters for 100s of years. Closely associated with this church was the “Miracle of the Moving a Mountain.” The Caliph who ruled Egypt challenged the Coptic Pope to move a mountain as the Bible in Matthew said could be done by faith. For three days the Pope prayed in this church until he was told in a vision to seek out a tanner with one eye who would give him further instructions. He found the tanner and following his instructions was able to cause a nearby mountain to lift up and come back down. Seeing this the Caliph allowed Christianity to co-exist with Islam.
Two other significant events are heralded in the paintings at this church. One was the martyrdom of a Governor’s daughter and 40 virgins who refused to renounce Christianity when Rome initially ruled Egypt. The other was the Christ Child’s Sojourn in Egypt with “The Holy Family” as they fled the wrath of Herod.
As a matter of fact, a competing Coptic Christian Church in Old Cairo located just a block away is accepted as having been built over the cavern in which the “Holy Family” hid for some three months. Visiting the Cavern Church one can see what is purported to be the very stones upon which Jesus walked.
Link to Video Taken Inside of Egypt's Historic Coptic Christian Church known as The Hanging Church:
Related Photos beginning with Egypt's Mona Lisa from the 8th Century AD as it hangs as one of the older icons in the Hanging Church:
Photos taken inside the church showing the marble pulpit supported by 15 columns representing the 12 Apostles, Mary, Jesus and John the Baptist:
Outside view of the Hanging Church along with murals lining the walkway to its 29 steps:
Mural depicting the Holy Family as they fled to Egypt to evade Herod's Decree:
Mural Depicting the Miracle of the Moving of the Mountain:
Mural of the Governor's Daughter and 40 Virgins who were Martyrs after having refused to Denounce their Christian Faith to the Romans:
One of the two tower from the Original Roman Fortress from which the Hanging Church later hung:
The nearby Cavern Coptic Christian Church built over the Cavern in which the Holy Family hid for three months of their journey to Egypt including the stones upon which Jesus is claimed to have walked as a toddler:
The Holy Family's Year and a half Journey in Egypt:
Thank you for posting the above. Fascinating.