Saint Menas's sacred overflow
The ruins of the fabled city of St Menas were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 as one of the five most historically important sites in Egypt. Today they are threatened by serious water seepage, writes Jill Kamil

Late Period town comes to light
An archaeological team led by Gregory Mumford from Toronto University has been reconstructing life in an Ancient Egyptian town in the north-eastern Delta, reports Jill Kamil --read on--