Discover Al Minya's Treasures - Off The Beaten Path - A Day Trip From Cairo

Go off the typical tourist path and travel to Al Minya, south of Cairo along the Nile river, to see Tell Al Amarna, the capital city founded by Akhenaton.  Surrounded by 452,000 acres of Egypt's most important farmlands, it is also home to some of the world's faiths most important sites: - the Monastery Of The Virgin Mary, where the Holy Family was to have stayed during their trip to Egypt, as well it is the birthplace of Mary The Copt who married the Prophet Mohammed.