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Kom Ombo Temple: the fantastic crocodile temple of Egypt

Located on the Nile a 45 kilometers away from Aswan, Kom Ombo is dedicated to Sobek, the Pharaonic crocodile god. […]

May 8, 2020

On my first visit to Egypt, I very much looked forward to the overnight train journey to Aswan. The maddening […]

May 8, 2020

“You are going to Aswan, then you must get me some peanuts and karkade. Aswan souq is the best place […]

May 7, 2020

Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses had a vast, elaborately connected network and their mythological stories rival our own Indian ones […]

May 6, 2020

Aswan is my favourite place in Egypt. It has the loveliest setting on the Nile and the river there is […]

May 5, 2020

The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off […]

May 3, 2020

A visit to the Rock Palace of Wadi Dhahr happened all of a sudden. Post Bayt Bows day of unrest, […]

May 2, 2020

I stumbled upon Bayt Bows by chance. It was one of the my most intriguing journeys into the history of […]

May 1, 2020

Perched atop a rugged pinkish red plateau, Kawkaban literally means “two stars”. It is also called “the eagle nest” and […]

April 30, 2020

The most essential commodity in a semi arid region is water and that was what made Hababa so special. It […]

April 29, 2020