JEWELS OF THE NILE.(News) From: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: April 6, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 MGN Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Ah, there's nothing like 317 damsels for those cold winter nights in the desert. GEOFF HILL takes a slow boat down the Nile to discover what kept Amenophis smiling, and to gaze in wonder at the face of the boy king Tutankhamun...

EGYPT uses three calendars: the Islamic, the Coptic and the Western. The Coptic dates from 284, the accession of Diocletian, and is not much needed.

To convert an Islamic date to a Western one, then, you divide the Islamic year by 33...