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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... [read more]
The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... [read more] Blog: Monastery & Mt Sinai
Date: March 11th 2006
1 of early Christianities only surviving churches named after the “legendary” martyr, St Kat! Kat was tortured on a spiked wheel for her Christianity & beheaded. But angels took her body up to the highest peak in Egypt! Bit of trivia for ya. Me n Pete did a day trip out to the monastery. We got there in the morn after a 2 hr drive through the barren, rocky Sinai dessert. We checked out the B ... read more
Date: March 11th 2006
1 of early Christianities only surviving churches named after the “legendary” martyr, St Kat! Kat was tortured on a spiked wheel for her Christianity & beheaded. But angels took her body up to the highest peak in Egypt! Bit of trivia for ya. Me n Pete did a day trip out to the monastery. We got there in the morn after a 2 hr drive through the barren, rocky Sinai dessert. We checked out the B ... read more
