Wadi El- Natron is located 100 km to the north west of Cairo , it is a natural depression in the desert it is consisting of salt lakes and salt flats laying in the desert , this place in the bird watchers paradise together with the oasis of Fayoum.
This place was important to the ancient Egyptian since it was from which they extracted the Natrun salt. And become more important during the early era of Christianity in Egypt. Today it is the centre of many monasteries groups dating back to the fourth century AD.
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