Aydhab: Egypt’s Lost Red Sea City of Pilgrims, Gold, Porcelain and Forgotten Empires

New discoveries at the ancient port of Aydhab in Halayeb are reopening a forgotten chapter of Egypt’s history, when a remote Red Sea settlement served as one of the Islamic world’s great crossroads. Perched on Egypt’s far southeastern coast where the Eastern Desert meets the Red Sea, Aydhab connected Cairo to Mecca, India, China and […] The post Aydhab: Egypt’s Lost Red Sea City of Pilgrims, Gold, Porcelain and Forgotten Empires appeared first on The Middle East Observer.