The ultimate holiday photo!

This is called taking holiday photography to new heights, as a teenage thrill-seeker risked his life and imprisonment on a trip to Egypt by scaling the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Although it is illegal to climb the 4,500 year old icon, German tourist Andrej Ciesielski journeyed to Cairo with the express intention of roof topping one of the three mammoth tombs at Giza.

From above, he captured breathtaking images of a hazy desert landscape punctuated by the ancient wonder of the world and said that the photographs were worth the threat of up to three years in prison.

The rules against climbing the monuments have been put in place to protect them from excessive wear and tear and it is an act punishable by up to three years in Egyptian prison. Despite making quick headway, Andrej was eventually caught and taken to a police station for questioning after he climbed down.

A bandage made from crab shells

A team at the University of Bolton has spent 10 years developing the hi-tech alchite dressing and believes it could become a product worth £250 million a year.

The key ingredient is chitosan, a mineral found in crustacean shells, which kills bacteria and speeds up healing.

In ancient China, crabs were smashed open and thrust into wounds to stop them going septic. Prof Mohsen Miraftab’s team is the first to create a fibre strong enough to form a wound dressing.

The dressing is set to be made in China but initially, it will be sold in the UK.

Prof Miraftab said: “Alchite is a composite fibre, combining alginate, which is drawn from algae, and chitosan, found in crustacean shells. Chitosan is naturally antimicrobial and accelerates wound healing activity, so it does heal and kill bacteria.”

Published in Dawn, Young World, February 6th, 2015