Thank you all for making this trip, through my images..
To end it, a part of the speech that Naghib Mafouz read, when receiving the Nobel prize of Literature ..
Mentioning he was the son of two civilizations, pharaonic and islamic, he said..

"Let me, then, introduce Pharaonic civilization with what seems like a story since my personal circumstances have ordained that I become a storyteller.
Hear, then, this recorded historical incident: Old papyri relate that Pharaoh had learned of the existence of a sinful relation between some women of the harem and men of his court.
It was expected that he should finish them off in accordance with the spirit of his time. But he, instead, called to his presence the choice men of law and asked them
to investigate what he has come to learn. He told them that he wanted the Truth so that he could pass his sentence with Justice.

This conduct, in my opinion, is greater than founding an empire or building the Pyramids.
It is more telling of the superiority of that civilization than any riches or splendour.
Gone now is that civilization - a mere story of the past. One day the great Pyramid will disappear too.
But Truth and Justice will remain for as long as Mankind has a ruminative mind and a living conscience."