Standing on any colonnade of the Queen's Temple, you can overlook the Nile Valley in the distance. Because of the power of love, such a large-scale project was completed decades ahead of schedule.

I don’t know if it’s because the temple resembles its owner, but the architectural style of Queen Haqisu’s Temple is different from all the temples in Egypt. It is extremely modern, and its square columns are completely different from any of the Greek three-column style or Roman five-column style derived from the Egyptian column style.

The overall design of the temple is concise, elegant, with clean and tough lines. From the perspective of product design, Yunluo feels that it resembles the lines of an iPhone 4, without a trace of redundancy, yet retains the dignity and solemnity of a top brand. To use the most popular words nowadays, it is definitely - high-end, atmospheric and classy!

It takes 6 hours to drive from Hurghada to Queen Haqisu Palace. Along the way, there is no longer the beautiful Red Sea, but only endless desert and stone mountains. But if you are lucky, you may see Bedouins who live a nomadic life in the desert in clans and tribes. They will lead camels, hold lambs, and timidly ask you for dollars for photos or candies.

The tour guide said that to go here now all tourist buses need to gather at the designated location at the same time and then be escorted by the police, but in fact there was no police escort when Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went there.

In addition to the grand and majestic appearance of the temple, the second incredible thing is why there were such vivid murals thousands of years ago. There are a large number of exquisite murals on both sides of the first and second floors of the temple.

There are depictions of the construction process of the temple, as well as the goddess Hathor, the daughter of the sun god Amon and the wife of the eagle god Horus. In order to consolidate her ruling position, Queen Haqisu always claimed that she was the daughter of the sun god Amon.

In addition to the grand and majestic appearance of the temple, the second incredible thing is why there were such vivid murals thousands of years ago. There are a large number of exquisite murals on both sides of the first and second floors of the temple, some depicting the construction process of the temple, and some depicting the goddess Hathor, the daughter of the sun god Amon and the wife of the eagle god Horus.

In order to consolidate her ruling position, Queen Haqisu always claimed that she was the daughter of the sun god Amon.

The Nile River is the mother of Egypt. It flows from south to north into the Mediterranean Sea. It is the longest river in Africa and the longest river in the world. The Nile River originates from the Ethiopian Plateau, flows through Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zaire, Sudan, and finally flows into Egypt.

The total length is 6,700 kilometers. The Nile River is the lifeline of Egypt. Egypt only has 1-2 rains a year, and even then it is very short, so almost all of Egypt's water comes from the Nile River. It is the cradle of Egyptian culture and one of the birthplaces of world culture.

Whether it is the new capital of Cairo or the old capital of Thebes more than 4,000 years ago, they must revolve around this river of life. Thebes, now called Luxor, was the capital of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.

In Homer's epic, this place is called the "City of a Hundred Gates", which means "City of Palaces" in Arabic, which shows how many temples, palaces and tombs the pharaohs of successive dynasties built here.

The ancient Egyptians worshipped the sun. The east bank of the Nile River, where the sun rises, is the world of the living, where people live and build temples to worship gods; the west bank, where the sun sets, is the resting place of the dead, where people build the pharaoh's tomb and temples for sacrifice.

Therefore, the Luxor Temple and Karnak Temple, which are dedicated to the sun god, are both on the east bank of the Nile in Luxor, while the Valley of the Kings, the Palace of Queen Hagia Su, and the statue of Memnon guarding the pharaoh's temple are all on the west bank of the Nile.

When you come to Luxor, the Statue of Memnon is almost a must-see attraction, even though it is not as magnificent as the temple and even though it has changed beyond all recognition. But in the loneliness of the rolling desert, it sits 20 meters high and forever guards the temple of the long-lost Pharaoh Amenhotep III behind it.

The Colossi of Memnon, also known as the Colossi of Memnon, are two rock statues standing on the plain between the west bank of the Nile and the Valley of the Kings. They were originally a funeral temple built by Amenhotep III, the 19th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom, for himself, but now there is no trace of the temple.

Only two huge seated statues that have been severely weathered remain, as if telling the eternal Egyptian proverb: Thebes, you will turn into dust, and only stones will speak for you.

The name of the statue of Memnon comes from Greek mythology. Memnon was a king in Greek mythology. He won the Trojan War and was later killed by the queen and her lover. According to historical records, an earthquake occurred here during the Roman rule, causing cracks in the statue. Whenever the wind blows,

The colossus would make a sound like a person crying. Because the temple behind the statue had been completely destroyed, people could not figure out the true meaning of the statue, so they named it after the tragic Memnon in Greek mythology.

But unfortunately, in 200 AD, a kind-hearted Roman emperor ordered the repair of the dilapidated stone statue. From then on, the weeping statue of Memnon never cried again.

After visiting the huge statue of Memnon, whether you want to go to Luxor Temple or Karnak Temple, you have to go from the west bank of the Nile to the east bank. The fastest way is of course to take a boat. If it is noon, it is really pleasant to have a delicious lunch on the cruise ship and then lazily enjoy the beautiful Nile River on the deck!

But don't just be lazy. Look at the west bank of the river, and the red Thebes Mountains will rush into your sight with its majestic and slightly dusty body. Look carefully at the east bank of the river, and you will find that the Luxor Temple is like a holy ship docked on the banks of the Nile.

The Luxor Temple was built by Amenhotep III, the 19th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the owner of the statue of Memnon, to worship the sun god Amon, his wife the goddess Mut, and his son the moon god. It was later expanded by Ramses II.

From the Nile, you can clearly see the famous obelisk and colonnade in the Luxor Temple. The only remaining obelisk is not as huge as Yunluo expected, but it is like the mast of a holy ship, recording the immortal civilization on the Nile. I wonder if the one that Muhammad Ali exchanged for France will miss this place.

Before going to Egypt, Yun Luo deliberately read some introductions about Karnak Temple, because apart from hearing about and seeing it in "Death on the Nile", he knew very little about it. But the contents on the Internet and in the book were surprisingly consistent, like a textbook, word for word, although it was not boring.

But it really can't evoke the fantasy of Yunluo like the pyramids. No wonder when people talk about Egypt, they only think of the pyramids. But the Karnak Temple occupies an important position in Egyptian history, and even ranks higher than the pyramids in Egypt's own wonders.

What is the reason? Is it just a textbook explanation that says the pyramids are just relics of the Old Kingdom of Egypt around 26th century BC, and when Ancient Egypt entered the 11th Dynasty.

The pharaoh moved the capital to Thebes, which is now Luxor, so the relics of the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom of Egypt are mostly concentrated in Thebes, and the Karnak Temple is the largest and most spectacular temple in Thebes.

Yunluo doesn't know if this reason can convince you, but it really can't move Yunluo. When Yunluo was really in the Karnak Temple, Yunluo finally understood how magnificent it was! And what this magnificent scene meant!

Yun Luo didn't know whether the things written by those who had been to the Karnak Temple were really from the heart, and whether it was really just because of its huge scale, or the grandeur of the 134 giant stone columns, or the magical separation and transportation of the obelisk, that they said this temple was so shocking.

And when Yunluo stopped among the pillars of the Karnak Temple, he actually felt as if he was standing under a huge male genitals. They were as thick as giant trees and as big as reaching the sky!

Yun Luo didn't know whether it was because the evolution of human civilization deliberately concealed history, or whether people who had been there were ashamed to express their true feelings. In short, this place was definitely a huge forest of male genitals!

This must have recorded the customs and religious beliefs of ancient fertility worship. This is the real reason why the Karnak Temple is so spectacular! And to see how spectacular it is, you must be there in person!

After touring the entire temple and reviewing the many mysteries of history, Yun Luo thought that this conjecture should be more than a conjecture. Built in the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt, covering an area of ​​more than 30 hectares and continuously under construction for nearly 2,000 years, the Karnak Temple consists of three parts. The largest in the middle is the Temple of Amon, which is dedicated to the sun god Amon.

On one side was a temple dedicated to Amun's wife, the war goddess Mut, and on the other side was a temple dedicated to their son, the moon god Khons.

To be precise, Amon was once only a local god of Thebes. He was the god of fertility, representing the power of reproduction, while the sun god was Ra. After Thebes became the capital of the 11th Dynasty of Egypt, Amon's status rose rapidly, and the pharaoh ordered the whole country to worship only Amon as the main god.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

From then on, Amun and Ra merged into one, becoming the king of the gods - Amun-Ra, or Amun for short. The pharaohs on earth all claimed to be the sons of the sun god Amun.

Amon, the creator of all things, is depicted in human form, wearing a headband with two long feathers sticking straight up from it. The most common theory now is that they symbolize eagle feathers.

Another theory is that it is an interpretation of the male genitals, because when Amon appeared as a local god, he was the god of fertility and the god of abundance. The pharaohs would sow grain and cut the first bundle of harvest in front of him.

In front of the first pylon of the Karnak Temple is the famous "Avenue of the Rams", which is said to be one of the incarnations of Amon, but in fact the ram and the goose are two of Amon's mythical animals.

There is an ancient legend that is little known: Amon never revealed his true form to anyone, including his son Khons. Khons asked Amon to show his true form in front of him, but Amon was unwilling to make an exception, but he could not bear to refuse his son. So he wrapped himself in the skin and head of a ram and appeared in front of his son.

Kongs thought he had seen his father's true face and told everyone the secret. From then on, ancient Egypt no longer killed rams. They only killed one every year on Amon's birthday and used its skin to wrap the statue of Amon. In ancient Egypt, rams and geese were both symbols of sexual power.

The same is true in many Egyptian murals where women are often seen holding a goose in their hands.

The ancient fertility worship is a kind of praise and yearning of primitive people for the reproductive ability of the biological world, and a manifestation of the pursuit of prosperous food production and happy life. It is pure and beautiful. The ancients of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo also said: "Food and sex are human nature", and even "The Da Vinci Code" also depicts the ancient ** religious rituals.

Therefore, it is natural and reasonable that the columns in the Karnak Temple are displays of male genitals. Especially the 16 rows of 134 giant stone columns in the most famous Hall of the Pillars, which are about 3 meters wide and 12.8-21 meters high, are valuable not only because of their size, nor because of the lotus on top of the columns as described in the book.

It is a huge forest of male genitals, because every pharaoh wants his people to have enough food and clothing and reproduce endlessly. Rather than saying that the Karnak Temple is the largest temple supported by columns on the earth, it is better to say that it is the largest temple supported by male genitals on the earth.

Yunluo thought that Leonardo da Vinci must have guessed this. Leonardo da Vinci was a rare all-rounder in the history of human civilization. He was not only a talented painter, philosopher, musician, mathematician, etc., but also an architect. The various column styles of Greek architecture, Roman architecture, and Renaissance architecture all evolved from the ancient Egyptian column style.

Therefore, Leonardo da Vinci must have guessed it, and he hid this secret in the smile of Mona Lisa. As mentioned earlier, Amon is the male fertility god, and the female fertility god is Isis, which was read as Lisa in ancient texts, so Amon Lisa (Amon-Lisa), Mona Lisa (Monalisa), what do you think?

The Red Sea in the desert is always covered by a little sand and dust, just like an Islamic woman with a beautiful face but covered by a veil. You can only see her big and bright eyes, beautiful and charming, but this is enough to attract you and make you never forget her. But she will never unveil the mysterious veil to you.

Because only the desert is her man, she becomes incomparably petite and charming in the arms of her vast and strong man. Only she understands the loneliness and perseverance of the desert, and they have been dependent on each other for 20 million years.

In Hurghada, five-star hotels all have their own sea area, where tourists can swim, snorkel, sail and do other water sports. (To be continued...)