egypt 2016

In early October members of the Petrie Museum Friends (and others) went on a trip to Egypt organised and led by Lucia Gahlin which visited several less visited sites as well as some very thorough looks at more well known places. There were thirteen of us on the tour, and we were accompanied by Lucia, Youssef Ramsis (our guide) and Galal Alsenusy (from Egypt Archaeological Tours which was the company the tour was organised through). The holiday was in two parts, firstly based around Cairo and then travelling south to Middle Egypt where we stayed at the New Hermopolis retreat. Each day Youssef would start his introductory remarks with “and today is the highlight of our tour!”, which was both entertaining and true – it was very much a selection of cool and interesting places to see. Lucia had also arranged talks from several guest speakers – as well herself… Read More »Petrie Museum Friends in Egypt Tour 2016