The healing powers of sand
In Egypt, aching bodies are submerged in the searing desert
Patients relax in a small motel prior to their sand bath in Siwa, Egypt.
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A worker digs fresh holes in the sand for patients.
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A worker helps a patient take off his clothes before he's buried.
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A patient grimaces as a worker covers his body in hot sand.
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A worker tends to buried patients.
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A worker stands next to a patient's uncovered head.
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A worker helps a patient go to a sauna-like tent after his sand bath.
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Patients relax in a tent after their sand bath.
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A worker helps patients, who are wrapped in a blanket, leave a sauna tent.
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Patients relax after finishing their treatment in a rest area where they spend the night. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)
