Egypt

Book Review: Vernacular Mud Brick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis

PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 7(3) (2010)

Nicholas Warner about Schijns, W. With contributions from O. Kaper & J. Kila. 2008. Vernacular Mud Brick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt and the Design of the Dakhleh Oasis Training and Archaeological Conservation Centre. – Oxford, Oxbow Books (Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 10)

Much has changed in the environment of the Dakhleh Oasis since the research published in this monograph was carried out in 1997, but this does not diminish its value. Rather it emphasizes the need for further thorough documentation of traditional habitats in Egypt before they dissappear entirely, swept away by a tide of structures of concrete, steel, fired brick and cheap limestone blocks.

- Online: Treasures Of Dakhleh Oasis
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- Online Article: Igai - A Little-known Deity Of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
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- Netherlands-flemish Institute Newsletter No.9
From Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo To subscribe to the newsletter email [email protected] or go to Institute's newsletter page for more information. Issue 9 of the newsletter gives details of planned excavation work in Egypt: NVIC's excavations...

- Dakhleh Oasis Project - Dr. Peter Sheldrick
The Chatham Daily News (Bob Boughner) A semi-retired Chatham physician, who is helping unearth Egypt's past, is featured in a television documentary airing tonight. . . . The Chatham native is scheduled to return to Egypt later this week to resume...

- Magazine: Current World Archaeology 21
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa21/cwa21.htm "What was life like in an Egyptian oasis? The Dakhleh oasis is huge - today it is home to some 70,000 people - and the Dakhleh Oasis Project has been charting the environmental background throughout...

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