Tagesarchiv für den 16. November 2012

Deir Pachomius

A monastery with gnostic heritage

16. November 2012

Near Nag Hammadi, on the eastern Nilshore you find the Pachomius Monastery with three churches. Here the old scriptures of the Nag Hammadi Library with gnostic philosophy were found. The best know of them is the Gospel of St. Thomas. Weiterlesen...

Temple in Abydos

Seth’s beautiful temple

16. November 2012

In the Temple of Abydos we saw the most beautiful paintings we every saw in a temple in Egypt. We really were amazed by their beauty and astonished that there are so few tourist programs coming up from Luxor to this place. The main temple is called after the god Seth with many small chapels ... Weiterlesen...