After leaving the cave at Jabal al-Tayr, the Holy Family crossed the Nile and continued southward. They eventually reached ancient Hermopolis, now a vast field of rubble encircled by the scruffy town of Al-Ashmonein. Jesus" miracles here, including the toppling of more temples, are described in the oldest surviving text on the family"s flight, A History of the Monks in Egypt, an anonymous account of the 4th-Century travels of trailblazing pilgrims.