Faiyum

Stories in Faiyum

literature, history

At 5 a.m. I wake Joseph up, who leaps up: “Si signore”;

by Gustave Flaubert

Faiyum — At 5 a.m. I wake Joseph up, who leaps up: “Si signore”; At 6 we leave for the lake, the Sheik leading the way. After two hours walking, we leave the greenbelt - the dry ground is cracked with long, r...

history, literature

We leave for Medinet el-Fayoum on horrendous donkeys, provided with even more horrendous saddles.

by Gustave Flaubert

Faiyum — We leave for Medinet el-Fayoum on horrendous donkeys, provided with even more horrendous saddles. Flat countryside - uniformly green carpet sometimes enlivened by a bunch of palm trees hiding a villa...

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