Al-Ahram Weekly Online
31 May - 6 June 2001
Issue No.536
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To the desert and beyond
On a visit to the quiet monasteries of Wadi Natroun, Nyier Abdou forgoes the worldly for the divine
New revelations in hundred-gated Thebes
Karnak temple has no equal. For more than 2,000 years it was a centre of worship, and it still outshines many of the world's greatest sites in attracting tourists from all over the globe. Nevine El-Aref toured the site to see archaeological work in progress

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