At the End of the Day..
... when the camels are tethered and the drivers take a well-earned rest. © www.anniewrightphotography.com Wadi el Gamel
A Carpet of Shadows
This welcoming shadow carpet reflects the ornate gates of the house that my friend Negrashi is building in Aswan. Just like the rest of the building, it is in the…
The Red Rose of Aswan
This twilight scene in Aswan looks romantic and is romantic. Nestling amidst the sands is the mausoleum of the third Aga Khan, who met the love of his life in…
The History of the Door
This Sahel Island door has seen much in its time. It has been slammed in anger and closed gently to evade detection. Maybe it has even been broken down. But…
Marketing Yourself
Sahel Island is Nubian territory and largely survives through tourism. To help make ends meet, the young women make swathes of necklaces in every colour you could possibly desire. But…
Pharaonic Grafitti
Located in the Nile south of Aswan, Sahel Island is dominated by massive boulders that are covered with the stories of Ancient Egypt. Wherever you look, pharaohs and priests are…
The Ancient World’s Equivalent to Blood Diamonds
Through this narrow hole in an Egyptian mountain, the Romans lowered slave labourers on a rope to hack emeralds from an underground cavern. Anyone hauled up with insufficient gems was…
Lost in the Sands of Time (2)
The bottom of a glass vessel that we found abandoned amongst the debris of a Roman emerald mine in the Wadi el Gamel desert in Egypt. © www.anniewrightphotography.coml, Click to…