Al-Ahram Weekly

Legs, heads and a good season
Egypt is being overwhelmed with discoveries. Nevine El-Aref checks out what has been an extremely fruitful and exciting archaeological season in both Luxor and Cairo

Feasting al fresco
Whether under the name of Coptic Easter or Sham Al-Nessim, the Egyptian Spring Holiday has been celebrated since Pharaonic times with a feast of Easter cakes, salted fish (fisikh), coloured eggs and fresh greens -- especially lettuce and spring onions -- and a green space to eat them in. Jenny Jobbins runs a ring round Cairo in search of picnic spots

How to get there
With Spring in the air people are looking towards the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts as well as to Upper Egypt. Here is the lowdown on getting from A to B

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 25 April - 1 May 2002 Issue No.583
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