The Hanging Church

Cairo – Coptic churches and the night train to Aswan

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December 20th 2010
There are 2 pages of photos on this blog. Sorry about that. We did go a little snap happy!! Arriving at Cairo airport at 2.30am wasn’t much fun. It was more fun though than being stranded at the airport because the UK is snowbound! Whoever scheduled the only daily flight from Tunis in the middle of the night clearly hasn’t made the journey. Still, it was all very efficient and before we ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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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