Text: We saved Memphis and Saqqara, and an amusement park in Cairo for the last day of our trip, in a way symbolising Egypt's ancient past and the modern present. The erstwhile capital of Egypt, Memphis is still abundant in natural beauty and the contrasting arid desert of Saqqara - the necropolis of ancient Egypt - proved to be spellbinding contrasts in themselves. Our short drive to Memphis from Giza gave us a...
photo: AP / Nasser Nasser
