Clockwise from top left: a doorway in the gardens of Qasr; the gardens; a woman of Bahariya with her face finely tattooed; the tomb of Bennentiu, with the soul of the deceased being weighed on the right-hand wall while, at the far end, a hell dog and the god Osiris are seated at a table as they wait to see which of them will claim him; Roman mummies arranged in family groups; Bahariya is famous for its dates photos: Khaled El-Fiqi and Carry Zaghow