Coptic Cairo

Covering big distances in Egypt

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February 7th 2010
Coptic Cairo From Alexandria I went back to Cairo for just one day. There I went to see the Coptic (Christian) area with my Indian friend. It took only fifteen minutes by metro to get there. There were small churches and a synagogue in a small area. Nice to walk around there and taste the atmosphere of the area. In almost all of them I went inside to have a look. Near a Greek Orthod ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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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