Course Details
Zoom, Mondays 6:30-7:20 pm, starting September 9
Travel Dates: December 28 – January 11
Interested applicants should contact Mary Ellen Walter and plan to audit the travel course. Deadline to Apply for Nonstudents is Oct. 1, 2024.
Course Description:
Pilgrims on this trip will visit numerous Pharaonic, Christian, Muslim, and (historically) Jewish places of worship in the greater Cairo area and in Egypt’s stunning archeological sites at the southern environs of Luxor. We will witness the grandeur of Islamic civilization in Cairo’s medieval mosques and modern monuments. We will discuss the tumultuous history of Jews in Egypt while touring Cairo’s historic Ben Ezra Synagogue. We will examine Christian monasticism in the place of its origin at the Wadi Natrun and in the Greco-Roman history of Alexandria. Site visits to numerous Christian churches, including All Saints Anglican Church (with its Sudanese refugee congregation), will expose students to a diversity of contemporary Christian practices in Egypt.
Associated Costs:
Travel Costs: $4295 plus personal expenses
Airfare: $1325 paid to our travel agent (or your own arrangements)
Land costs, paid directly to Wake Forest University: $2970
Personal costs: dinners and personal items