Beyond the Pyramids: how Egypt rekindled my sense of wonder about the world
Reflections on a magical New Year's trip down The Nile.
Egypt is the land that invented time while existing outside of it. In Kom Ombo temple, erected near Aswan on the banks of the River Nile about 180 years before the birth of Christ, a calendar is carved into the sandstone walls. Hieroglyphic script tells us they had 12 months consisting of 30 days and symbolic ima…