Egypt
- Garbage Dumping And Archaeological Looting In Abu Sir Alarm Residents
Egypt Independent With photograph. Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come to resemble an ad hoc garbage disposal site due to a lack of law enforcement coupled with an ongoing...
- Shutting Out The Neighbourhood
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) With photographs. I've been a little less than thrilled with the Supreme Council for Antiquities for a while, and last night I got even more reason not to be impressed. I heard from a fairly reliable...
- Travel: Observing The Pilgrims
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) I look at Maryanne Stroud Gabbani's blogs most days because they offer a great insight into her life in the rural outskirts of Cairo and Giza. Today she describes taking some visitors to the Giza plateau...
- Man Picks Up Trash At Great Pyramids
BlueRidgeNow.com Oddity for the day. With little more than a supply of black garbage bags and a pair of sturdy gloves, Hendersonville resident Bruce Benson recently spent 40 days in Giza, Egypt, picking up trash around the Great Pyramids. No one asked...
- Bulldozing Egypt
With the loss of much of Egypt's tourist trade comes a lack of resources to properly protect her countless monuments from encroaching buildings , destruction of archaeological sites as well as looting of artifacts. The destruction taking...
Egypt
Antiquities Trash...Again!
Cairo/Giza Daily Photo (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani)
With photo.
With photo.
There is an area out in the desert behind the Step Pyramid where the Sakkara Antiquities people dump their dig debris. This is an interesting place to ride as there are bits of ancient mudbrick, old bones, bits of pottery and so on. However, lately they have also been dumping basic garbage out there and that is NOT ok.
- Garbage Dumping And Archaeological Looting In Abu Sir Alarm Residents
Egypt Independent With photograph. Since last January’s uprising, the archaeologically rich area of Abu Sir in the Giza Governorate has come to resemble an ad hoc garbage disposal site due to a lack of law enforcement coupled with an ongoing...
- Shutting Out The Neighbourhood
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) With photographs. I've been a little less than thrilled with the Supreme Council for Antiquities for a while, and last night I got even more reason not to be impressed. I heard from a fairly reliable...
- Travel: Observing The Pilgrims
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) I look at Maryanne Stroud Gabbani's blogs most days because they offer a great insight into her life in the rural outskirts of Cairo and Giza. Today she describes taking some visitors to the Giza plateau...
- Man Picks Up Trash At Great Pyramids
BlueRidgeNow.com Oddity for the day. With little more than a supply of black garbage bags and a pair of sturdy gloves, Hendersonville resident Bruce Benson recently spent 40 days in Giza, Egypt, picking up trash around the Great Pyramids. No one asked...
- Bulldozing Egypt
With the loss of much of Egypt's tourist trade comes a lack of resources to properly protect her countless monuments from encroaching buildings , destruction of archaeological sites as well as looting of artifacts. The destruction taking...