Fotolia TIME OFF DISCOVERING ANCIENT EGYPT MARILYN JONES | SEPTEMBER 2018 Bent at the waist, head down, step by step, I climb. It’s hot, and every few seconds I stop to allow someone coming down to pass. I try not to think about what I’m doing or the solid rock surrounding me because I’m claustrophobic. Instead, I
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Visiting an ancient Egyptian Monastery
Thinking of Egypt and history brings to mind pyramids, tombs, gods, goddesses and ancient kings and queens. But on a G Adventures tour, I also visit St Bishoy Monastery. The Coptic Christian monastery was founded in the fourth century. The current complex dates to the ninth century. St. Bishoy is the most eastern monastery in the Wadi El-Natrun. The desert is located about
Anwar Sadat Museum Chronicles Egyptian President’s Life
While on a G Adventures tour of Egypt, I had the opportunity to visit Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Also known as the New Library of Alexandria, it is second in size only to the Library of Congress. Designed to hold around eight million books, the impressive modern facility also houses art galleries and several museums including the Sadat Museum dedicated to the late