Esther's photos

The Barbie Expo in Montreal Canada (https://expobarbie.ca/) features hundreds of Barbie dolls dressed in couture and traditional costumes and dressed as entertainment personalities. This doll is dressed in a Bob Mackie design. Sunday Challenge: Red AP1000788

Exterior of the Luxor Museum Luxor, Egypt Sunday Challenge: Shadowplay AIMG 3447

"The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.... The Hanging Church was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690–692), though an earlier church building may have elsewhere existed dating as early as the 3rd or 4th century. However, the earliest mention of the church was a statement in the biography of the patriarch Joseph I (831–849), when the governor of Egypt visited the establishment. The church was largely rebuilt by the Pope Abraham (975–978) and has seen many other restorations including an extensive repair and restoration of the church and its surroundings completed in 2011." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Church AIMG 2938

"The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.... The Hanging Church was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690–692), though an earlier church building may have elsewhere existed dating as early as the 3rd or 4th century. However, the earliest mention of the church was a statement in the biography of the patriarch Joseph I (831–849), when the governor of Egypt visited the establishment. The church was largely rebuilt by the Pope Abraham (975–978) and has seen many other restorations including an extensive repair and restoration of the church and its surroundings completed in 2011." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Church AIMG 2915

"The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.... The Hanging Church was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690–692), though an earlier church building may have elsewhere existed dating as early as the 3rd or 4th century. However, the earliest mention of the church was a statement in the biography of the patriarch Joseph I (831–849), when the governor of Egypt visited the establishment. The church was largely rebuilt by the Pope Abraham (975–978) and has seen many other restorations including an extensive repair and restoration of the church and its surroundings completed in 2011." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Church AIMG 2918

"The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.... The Hanging Church was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690–692), though an earlier church building may have elsewhere existed dating as early as the 3rd or 4th century. However, the earliest mention of the church was a statement in the biography of the patriarch Joseph I (831–849), when the governor of Egypt visited the establishment. The church was largely rebuilt by the Pope Abraham (975–978) and has seen many other restorations including an extensive repair and restoration of the church and its surroundings completed in 2011." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Church AIMG 2908

"The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.... The Hanging Church was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690–692), though an earlier church building may have elsewhere existed dating as early as the 3rd or 4th century. However, the earliest mention of the church was a statement in the biography of the patriarch Joseph I (831–849), when the governor of Egypt visited the establishment. The church was largely rebuilt by the Pope Abraham (975–978) and has seen many other restorations including an extensive repair and restoration of the church and its surroundings completed in 2011." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Church AIMG 2911

"The Hanging Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage.... The Hanging Church was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690–692), though an earlier church building may have elsewhere existed dating as early as the 3rd or 4th century. However, the earliest mention of the church was a statement in the biography of the patriarch Joseph I (831–849), when the governor of Egypt visited the establishment. The church was largely rebuilt by the Pope Abraham (975–978) and has seen many other restorations including an extensive repair and restoration of the church and its surroundings completed in 2011." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Church AIMG 2903

Sunday Challenge: Unsharp AP1000286

The Great Pyramid (the Pyramid of Khufu) and the Pyramid of Khafre were built between  approximately 2600 and 2500 BCE. Giza, Egypt Sunday Challenge: Triangles AIMG 3070

Yuya was the father-in-law of pharaoh Amenhotep III, who was one of the the most powerful kings of the 18th dynasty in Egypt (circa 1890 BCE). The Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt AIMG 2870

The Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt AIMG 2887

The Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt AIMG 2886

The Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt AIMG 2873

The Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt AIMG 2872

Many companies offer hot air balloon rides in Luxor, Egypt. Trucks with workers follow the balloons in their flight over the Valley of Kings and various temples so that they will be ready to fold and load the balloon onto the trucks once they gently return to earth. Between the dust from the desert sand, air pollution and dawn, there was a significant haze in the morning which helped give the background an ethereal feel. Sunday Challenge: People at work A20231221 065514

Fence in the old Coptic area of Cairo, Egypt AIMG 2935

The Egyptian Museum AIMG 2856