Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o291224f.htm
The only additional news contained in this item is that the granaries contained dried cereals, fruits and flax. Which cereals and fruits I hear you cry! I'll let you know if I find out.
- Oasis In Egypt
The National, UAE (Simon Mars) Oh alright, so it's not really anything to do with either Egyptology or travel in Egypt, but I found it interesting: It’s not supposed to be like this. The desert does not give up its grip lightly. Yet some 60 kilometres...
- Searching For The Argun Palm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1644323/postsA New Scientist article about the search for the argun palm tree whose fruits are known from tombs, but which seemed to have vanished from Egypt: "When Giuseppe Passalacqua went to Egypt in the 1820s...
- Discoveries At Tel El-farkha
http://tinyurl.com/e78on (Naukawpolsce.pl)Another one missed from last week. I've added the Science and Scholarship in Poland website to my list of sites to check daily, so hopefully items like the Dakhleh elephants and this one won't slip through...
- Faiyum Neolithic Granaries
I'm like a dog with a bone on this particular subject, I know, but my last word on the granaries until the end of January. Willeke Wendrich (heading the UCLA project in the Faiyum) has said that the team's website will be updated at the end of...
- Eight New Granaries Found In The Faiyum
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7193576 Thanks to Tony Cagle for directing my attention to this item on his blog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/. The Faiyum Depression is a triangular depression to the southwest...
Egypt
And More on the Faiyum Granaries!
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o291224f.htm
The only additional news contained in this item is that the granaries contained dried cereals, fruits and flax. Which cereals and fruits I hear you cry! I'll let you know if I find out.
- Oasis In Egypt
The National, UAE (Simon Mars) Oh alright, so it's not really anything to do with either Egyptology or travel in Egypt, but I found it interesting: It’s not supposed to be like this. The desert does not give up its grip lightly. Yet some 60 kilometres...
- Searching For The Argun Palm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1644323/postsA New Scientist article about the search for the argun palm tree whose fruits are known from tombs, but which seemed to have vanished from Egypt: "When Giuseppe Passalacqua went to Egypt in the 1820s...
- Discoveries At Tel El-farkha
http://tinyurl.com/e78on (Naukawpolsce.pl)Another one missed from last week. I've added the Science and Scholarship in Poland website to my list of sites to check daily, so hopefully items like the Dakhleh elephants and this one won't slip through...
- Faiyum Neolithic Granaries
I'm like a dog with a bone on this particular subject, I know, but my last word on the granaries until the end of January. Willeke Wendrich (heading the UCLA project in the Faiyum) has said that the team's website will be updated at the end of...
- Eight New Granaries Found In The Faiyum
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7193576 Thanks to Tony Cagle for directing my attention to this item on his blog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/. The Faiyum Depression is a triangular depression to the southwest...