Writing's On Wall for History Lesson

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T he EgyptAir cabin crew are finishing their trolley service. Outside, below a cloudless sky, the desert floor stretches all the way to the silhouette of sandstone hills on the horizon.

Then I spot a streak of colour: it is the long blue vein of the Nile inside a narrow green strip of irrigated land. We are flying to Aswan to visit the temples of Egypt from the comfort of the most luxurious of cruise boats, the Oberoi Zahra.

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Writing's On Wall for History Lesson

Agatha Christie is one of many famous former guests. She took up residence while writing her cruise ship murder mystery, Death On The Nile, in 1936 and the hotel featu...

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