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Visiting Karnak Temple and Millennium Celebrations

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak

2000 – For the celebrations of the new millennium, the members of the Gerontoudis family decided to take a vacation on a Nile River boat for a week, with the help of an Egyptologist tourist guide named Hesham.

2000 – For the celebrations of the new millennium, the members of the Gerontoudis family decided to take a vacation on the river boat “Nile Pioneer” for one week, with the help of an Egyptologist tourist guide (Hesham). They visited: The Valley of The Kings- The Hatshepsut Temple- The Colossi of Memnon-The Karnak & Luxor Temples – The Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples-The Aswan High Dam- The Nasser Lake-The Philae Temple- and the Unfinished Obelisk.

2000-Onboard the m/s “Nile Pioneer”, Christoforos Gerondoudis playing ping-pong with the Egyptian captain of the boat.

In the Valley of the kings, rock cut tombs were excavated for the pharaohs and powerful nobles of the new kingdom.

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE-Elena-Melpo & Maria Gerondoudis

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE-Elena-Melpo-Maria & Leonidas Gerondoudis

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE-The Egyptologist (Hesham)-Maria & Melpo Gerondoudis

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE-Maria & Elena Gerondoudis

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE-Christoforos & Melpo Gerondoudis

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE-Maria-Elena-Christoforos-Leonidas & Melpo Gerondoudis with Hesham.

2000-KARNAK-THE GREAT HYPOSTYLE HALL (WIKIPEDIA)

2000 KARNAK TEMPLE, Hesham Maria & Melpo Gerondoudis

KARNAK-(Luxor)-Imposing statue of Ramses II flanking the entrance to the Second Pylon. At the feet of Ramses II is a small figure of one of his daughters. (Wikipedia)

Karnak Temple-Scarabaeus-Statue of Khepri (Wikipedia)

2000, Karnak Temple, according to local custom, we walked around the scarab three times for good luck!!!

Karnak temple-Open papyrus umbel capitals of the Hypostyle Hall. (Wikipedia)

Karnak-A panoramic view of the great hypostyle hall in the Precinct of Amun Re (Wikipedia)

2000-KARNAK TEMPLE

Karnak-Obelisk of Thutmosis I (Wikipedia)

KARNAK-Ram-headed Sphynx statues (Wikipedia)

Karnal-Great Hypostyle Hall of (Luxor-Wikipedia)

Luxor dromos, an avenue of human headed sphinxes which once connected the temples of Karnak and Luxor. (Wikipedia)

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He was born in Asmara, Eritrea of Abyssinia in 1903 and died in Athens in 1991. He was fluent in Greek and Italian and also spoke French and English. From 1935 he lived on his beloved island of Lemnos starting his own family.

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