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Bahariya News Blog

http://touregypt.net/TEBlog/bahariyanews/

The Tour Egypt website has launched another blog - this one about the Western Desert oasis Bahariya. It is written by Peter Wirth who owns the International Hot Spring Hotel in Bahariya. News is not merely heritage-related, but is focusing on all news about the oasis and its neighbours.

- Desert Ecotourism: What's In It For Egypt?
Global Post (Jon Jensen) Ecotourism is taking off throughout Egypt, boosting an economy already heavily dependent on tourism revenue. Bahariya is among those destinations increasingly popular for their pristine natural environment. However, Egypt is quickly...

- The Future Of Bahariya
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/Zahi Hawass concludes his recent episodic account of his work at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert:"Most of our work during the third, fourth and fifth seasons was focused on preservation and conservation. We...

- Interview With Hawass (part 1)
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=7755_0_1_0_MHawass is quoted talking about a number of excavations including Giza, Saqqara and particularly the Valley of the Golden Mummies in Bahariya Oasis. He tells the following story which took place when he...

- Mummies And Ct Technology
http://tinyurl.com/af9dd This item goes back and looks at some of the work that has been carried out on Tutankhamun, but also mentions the Bahariya project: "In addition to their work on Tut, an international group of radiologists, epidemiologists and...

- Fourteen Tombs
This is a video on the tombs recently found at the Bahariya oasis....

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