Natrun Valley 


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(Local Name: Wadi el-Natrun) The Wadi Natrun, the Greek region of Nitria and the Roman Scythiaca, is a 20mi/32km long depression in the Western Desert between Cairo and Alexandria, some 50-55mi/80-90km from each city. Strung along the valley are 12 salt lakes, linked with the Nile by underground channels, which dry up almost completely in summer. The deposits in the lake basins and the surrounding area yield salt and natron, used for bleaching cloth and in the manufacture of soap and glass.
The Wadi Natrun is famous for the hermitages and monasteries which were established here from the fourth C. onwards and, together with the other desert monasteries (St Antony's, St Paul's and St Catherine's), had great
The Wadi Natrun is famous for the hermitages and monasteries which were established here from the fourth C. onwards and, together with the other desert monasteries (St Antony's, St Paul's and St Catherine's), had great
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