Left - A detail from the top of a square column. Despite standing in the same position for some 3000 years, in the bright Egyptian sun, there are still traces of colour.
Right - the tip of the fallen obelisk of Hatshepsut, showing her kneeling before Amun. OK, I've turned the picture on its side to emphasise the carving!
One of the few statues of Tutankhamun still standing.
Tuthmosis III and Amun.
We paid a 'guide' a few pounds to take us behind the barriers guarding the ninth pylon, which is being rebuilt. These statues were originally of Hatshepsut, but they were later 'usurped' by Tuthmosis III. The slightly different colours are due to a not-too-good attempt to merge two photographs of the statues.
The reconstruction of the pylon. This has now been going on for at least 6 years - since my first visit in 1997! But blocks of filling material from destroyed buildings have been found - many from the time of Akhenaten.
