28 June - 4 July 2001
Issue No.540
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Al-Ahram Weekly Online 28 June - 4 July 2001 Issue No.540 |
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 A merchant's paradise It is a little over two hundred years since the Rosetta stone was unearthed in the Delta town. Jenny Jobbins looks at the town's other gem, its architecture, now being restored after years of neglect
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 A place of pilgrimage The church of Virgin Mary in Zeitoun, a focus of interest since the reported apparition of the Virgin Mary on the dome in late 1960s, has recently undergone restoration. Rehab Saad visited the church and learned its history |
| Secrets and spies The city of Rosetta is woefully undersold as a tourist destination and deserves far better. Ahmed Sami visits the old city |
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