Egypt
- Travel: What To Do With Children In Egypt
Egypt Today (John Prosser) A look at some of the educational and entertaining areas of Cairo that might keep your children engaged on holiday. A fitting place to begin your family’s academic adventures is Dr. Hassan Ragab’s Pharaonic Village. Visitors...
- More Re Work Of University Of Helsinki In The Valley Of The Kings
Science Daily The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists working on the excavation have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind...
- Finnish Researchers Dig Through Millennia In The Valley Of The Kings
University of Helsinki Docent Jaana Toivari-Viitala heads the first-ever research project managed by Finns in Egypt. The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists...
- Daily Photo - The Nubian Village, Aswan
South of Aswan is the Nubian Village, which is a genuine functioning village (our guide on the wildlife day trip was brought up there), but has set itself up as a type of museum of Nubian life. It is really very pretty, and the inhabitants of the village...
- Death To Qurna
This Egyptian village sits on top of the tombs of the nobles of the New Kingdom and so the Supreme council of Antiquities wants the village gone. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6488897.ece...
Egypt
A village like no other
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A travel feature describing a life-sized reproduction pharaonic village: "Not listed in the guidebooks and travel literature, the village comes as a pleasant surprise. Situated in the heart of Cairo, the Pharaonic village is the private property of one Dr Hassan Ragab who decided to use his papyrus plantation to showcase life in an Egyptian village, as it would have been around 2000 B.C. Work on the village started in 1977. As many as 500 trees were planted on the five acres to screen the village from the city. Canals and waterways were dug through leaving a central mound of an island. The village is created on the island, which is surrounded by narrow waterways— obviously in an attempt to recreate the Nile. 'Welcome, travelers to Egypt,' a deep voice greets us as we seat ourselves on cushioned chairs on a beautiful wooden boat. This is the start of a guided tour down the 'Nile' where a woman's powerful voice escorts us through a pre-recorded commentary to the various aspects of life in ancient Egypt".
See the article on the Deccan Herald website for more.
- Travel: What To Do With Children In Egypt
Egypt Today (John Prosser) A look at some of the educational and entertaining areas of Cairo that might keep your children engaged on holiday. A fitting place to begin your family’s academic adventures is Dr. Hassan Ragab’s Pharaonic Village. Visitors...
- More Re Work Of University Of Helsinki In The Valley Of The Kings
Science Daily The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists working on the excavation have found that they still have a great deal to do. The sun, the wind...
- Finnish Researchers Dig Through Millennia In The Valley Of The Kings
University of Helsinki Docent Jaana Toivari-Viitala heads the first-ever research project managed by Finns in Egypt. The first field season is now over at the hut village of the workmen who built the tombs in the Valley of the Kings. However, the archaeologists...
- Daily Photo - The Nubian Village, Aswan
South of Aswan is the Nubian Village, which is a genuine functioning village (our guide on the wildlife day trip was brought up there), but has set itself up as a type of museum of Nubian life. It is really very pretty, and the inhabitants of the village...
- Death To Qurna
This Egyptian village sits on top of the tombs of the nobles of the New Kingdom and so the Supreme council of Antiquities wants the village gone. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6488897.ece...