On day five we just had a lazy day. We woke up had breakfast and then set sail. Once we got to our destination, we got a choice to swim in the Nile. I did and it was sand the entire way I swam/waded out. That was before lunch and after lunch I painted a picture of the Nile. On day six we went to a small temple called Gebel Silsileh and there we saw where the carved out obelisks. The Egyptians made the obelisks by making cuts in the ground of the size of the obelisk, and then they inserted pieces of wood that expand if you add water to it. Then they kept repeating until you could take it out. Then they had to dig out an area under the obelisk and put boats underneath. Then they had to wait for the flood season so that the obelisk’s boat were lifted out of the ground with the water. They had ropes tied to the boats from the banks of the Nile to pull the boats along. After they got there they built a ramp then started hauling the obelisk up the ramp. It took a lot of people. They built a tall box with a door on one side. That was because they put sand in and they would start putting they obelisk in and the would let out the sand bit by bit until they had a standing obelisk. And then they had to carve it. Egyptians were really, really smart and crafty. After that we got to swim in the Nile again and it was fun! Then we got back on the boat, ate dinner, and went to bed.
Eliza Green 