See anything wrong with the attached photo? Oh yeah, thats me being able to see Egypt without being in contact with them. Really annoying when i want to declare war, and time is of the essence. Especially annoying because I can't even move into their territory since we're not in contact.

I was in contact with them last turn. And if i move away i'll re-establish contact, but that wastes 2 valuable turns for nothing. Ugg.

the check is made 4 tiles distant to each of your and the other civ's cities.
Unfortunately there are rare cases where you can see a 5 tile distant borders.
Raising to 5 would mean slow down the process