Dramatically perched on the limestone rock of Aghurmi, the Temple of the Oracle looks over a carpet of palms that stretches to the mountains of Dakrur.

Though battered by the elements and the carelessness of treasure seekers, it remains isolated in a location that has hardly changed since Alexander the Great braved a 300 km journey through the desert to visit the Oracle in 331 B.C.E.  Moving through a unique blend of Pharaonic, Ptolemaic and Roman architecture, one finds the inner sanctum.

In this once holy chamber, the great military commander heard the words of Amon, words that propelled his campaign eastward as Egypt’s rightful ruler, the son of Amon, changing the course of history.