When not discussing Mo Salah or the recent clampdown on activists, the foreign press appears to have caught the summer vacation bug, and Egypt is high on the radar. A number of leading publications we follow have run travel features on Egypt. National Geographic explorer Yukinori Kawae says now is the best time to visit the Giza Pyramids. Kawae suggests visiting the Giza Plateau in May or June, and particularly on the summer solstice on 21 June, when the sun sets between the pyramids and creates the hieroglyphic sign of ‘Akhet,’ which means horizon.

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