Ghazali Monastery

We finally got caught up on our itinerary and had extra time...	...so we managed to talk Mahmoud into bringing us to Deir Ghazali	Deir Ghazali is the ruin of a Christian monastery abandoned in the 11th Century	Defacing Ancient Monuments is Strictly Forbidden - Antiquitied Ordnance 1905
Ghazali Monastery - 20 km ESE of Merowe	Deir Ghazali, the ruins of an ancient Christian Monastery	Deir Ghazali - ruins of a Coptic monastery	Christianity arrived in the area in 542-545 AD with the Mission of the Coptic Evangelist Julian to Notatia
Monastic ruins at Ghazali	Monastery of Ghazali - built of stone rather than mudbrick	Paving stones of the church, Deir Ghazali	The ruined church at the Monastery of Ghazali
Remains of a pillar, Ghazali	Arch at the Monastery of Ghazali	Arch at the Monastery of Ghazali	Christian cross, Monastery of Ghazali
Ruined Coptic Christian church at the Monastery of Ghazali	Ruins of the Monastery of Ghazali	Sand filled room, Monastery of Ghazali	Arch among the ruins of the Monastery of Ghazali
Ruins of the Monastery of Ghazali	The caretaker's dog, Ghazali	Oasis at Ghazali	Jebel Barkal, a beacon across the desert