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John and Janice at a fresco in the courtyard of the Hanging Church

December 4, 20228 min read2022

Dateline December 4, 2022, Cairo, the Egyptian Museum and the Coptic Churches

Our last full day in Egypt, in Cairo with our guide and friend Sam. The Egyptian Museum, the Rosetta Stone that unlocked the hieroglyphs, the Narmer Palette, and the treasures of Tutankhamun. Then the old Christian quarter of Coptic Cairo: the founding of the Coptic Church by St. Mark, the cave where the Holy Family sheltered, and the Hanging Church. A blessing from Father Jacob, a goodbye to Sam, and a story we have saved for its own telling.

#Cairo #Egyptian Museum #Rosetta Stone

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John and Janice on camels in front of the Giza pyramids

Egypt

November 9, 20227 min read2022

Dateline November 9, 2022, Cairo, the Pyramids of Giza

Into Cairo and across the Nile to Giza, in the shadow of the Great Pyramid, with a night at the historic Mena House. Our guide Sam at the Giza necropolis, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, a camel ride on the sand, the Great Sphinx, and Sam's own account, as a Coptic Christian, of the long story of the Christians of Egypt.

#Cairo #Giza #Great Pyramid

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