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MINYA EGYPT :
MINYA:
The smiling city
Minya is
principally a good base for excursions, to places Beni Hassan,
Hermopolis, Tuna el-Gebel and Tell el-Amarna. The city of Minya is of
considerable size, it has a university, and a fairly bustling
atmosphere. As Minya is an area with large groups of Christians, and the
1990's saw tensions between them and the Muslims. Today things are safe,
but Minya's police do not allow its foreign visitors to move around town
unescorted.
People of Minya have a reputation of being very friendly and honest. The
city itself has relatively little to offer, beyond old colonial houses
that now are victims to decay. They are all set in between large trees.
While Minya may seem unimportant to visitors, nobody should pass through
here without going out to the City of the Dead. Should you have time,
there are a couple of Christian sights of interest, a rock-hewn church
and a monastery, also rock-
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