29 April 2005

Back to the other side of the Nile, in a village of El Ashmunein, there is a place called Hermopolis. My guide book says: In ancient times was it was one of the great Egyptian cities known as Khmunu (Shmun). The name Shmun, which is ancient Egyptian for the word ‘eight’, is interesting and reflects […]

The region of Middle Egypt is one of those “unadvisable for tourists” areas. And not only because of the possible Islamic militarists movements but also because Egyptian government have got so many other places to take a good care of the tourists, that they have no resources left for “underdeveloped” in a sense of historical