#summervacay
📍 100m northeast of Ramses’ ego monolith, Abu Simbel
*"Carved for the only queen who stood eye-to-eye with a god-king. Dismantled block-by-block. Reborn inside a fake mountain. Now: a $5 bribe from oblivion."*
CORE IDENTITY
Divine Equality: 6× 10m colossi of Ramses + Nefertari as Hathor • Same height = royal revolution.
Contradictions: Intimate devotion vs. UNESCO’s cranes • Lapis-blue ceilings vs. concrete sarcophagus dome.
Ultimate Irony: Rescued from drowning → now sweat-drenched tourists gasp at her under artificial lighting.
THE DESCENT (Into Hathor’s Embrace)
Entry Ritual:
⦿ Dawn sprint past Ramses’ crowds → duck left → sudden silence.
⦿ Smell: Hot sandstone, stale incense, desperation sunscreen.
⦿ Soundtrack: Scarf vendors hissing • German whispers • your own pulse echoing off Hathor’s pillars.
Temple Crawl:
⦿ Facade Shock: Nefertari’s calm smile beside Ramses’ smiting pose → feminist manifesto in stone.
⦿ Hypostyle Hall: Cow-eared Hathor columns • Faded gold leaf on the queen’s ankles.
⦿ Sanctum: Hathor statue bathed in LED (original sunlight alignment lost in relocation).
TEMPLE TACTICS (Shadow & Whisper Guide)
Zone Why Risk Heatstroke? Pro Raid Move
Facade Guardians Only site where queen = king Photograph at 6:15 AM → Ramses’ temple backlighting her
Offering Chamber Nefertari giving sistrum to Hathor Shine phone light left wall → hidden "Mistress of Two Lands" hieroglyph
Pillared Hall Ceiling: surviving star fresco Lie on back → see Ramses’ war chariots replaced by lotus flowers
Relocation Trauma Seam lines where saws cut goddesses Touch NE corner block → Soviet drill-burn marks
Echo Point Hathor’s acoustics Whisper "Nefertari" near sanctuary → 3-second metallic echo (guard glares = $1 baksheesh)**
Survival Strategy:
Stealth Approach: Slip behind Ramses’ throne → shortcut to Nefertari’s entrance (avoid 300m sand-dune death march).
Timing: Feb 22 (symbolic "alignment day") → guards lax, vendors distracted.
Baksheesh: $3 tip = guard "forgets" to stop your forbidden hallway photo.
SIEGE CONDITIONS
Microclimate Hell: Facade shade gone by 8 AM → hypostyle hall becomes a sandstone oven.
Vendor Ambush:
⦿ "Queen Nefertari ring!" = melted soda-can aluminum.
⦿ "Ancient papyrus!" = banana-leaf painted yesterday.
Guard Traps: "No standing still!" (unless $1/minute "meditation fee").
Escape Hatch: Crawl under Hathor column base → find 1960s worker’s graffiti: "Tanya ♥️ Oleg".
HIDDEN TRUTHS
Pigment Betrayal: Malachite greens faded → UNESCO used concrete dust as plaster filler.
Name Wars: Erased cartouches on north wall (rival queens’ jealousy) → restored too perfectly.
Soviet Sacrilege: Crane
#7 dropped Block 228 → hidden crack in Nefertari’s crown.
Drowned Whispers: Nubian guards hum songs from villages now under Lake Nasser.
Hathor’s Revenge: LED lights fail daily → plunging sanctuary into darkness (goddess rejecting fake sun).
