Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref)
Gadling (Sean McLachlan)
- Amin Supports Re-establishment Of The Ministry For Antiquities
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) In a statement issued by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), of which Ahram Online has received a copy, SCA’s secretary general Mostafa Amin denies any statements being spread on Facebook and Twitter that he is against...
- More Trouble At T'mill
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Under the title, “The revolution’s decisiveness at the Supreme Council of Antiquities" (SCA) a small group of the SCA’s staff protested today in front of the SCA building in Zamalek asking for the resignation of the...
- Earliest Ever Civil Roman Basilica Found Outside Alexandria
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With three photos. At Al-Baron area in Semouha district, south of Alexandria, an Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered several significant monuments and artefacts that will help in the writing of the history of the...
- New Settlement At Bahariya
Al Ahram Weekly On the same page as the northern Sinai article (page down to find it) Nevine El-Aref takes a brief look at the discovery of a new settlement at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert.Last week the area of Garet Al-Abiyad in Bahariya Oasis...
- More Re The New Bahariya Discovery
This discovery has now been confirmed as the genuine article (as opposed to some recent so-called new discoveries which have turned up to be old discoveries). The Australian A SETTLEMENT dating back to the time of the pyramid builders was discovered...
Egypt
Coptic Christian city found in Dakhleh Oasis
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref)
Council of Antiquities (SCA) stumbled on what it believes to be a Coptic settlement dating back to the 4th century AD.
Mostafa Amin, the Secretary General of the SCA, made the announcement, explaining that the newly discovered settlement consists of remains of residential houses and service buildings as well as a large Basilica with distinguished columns and a wooden alter adorned with foliage decoration and icons showing Jesus, the Virgin Mary, angels and saints.
“I am very happy with what the mission has found; because it is the first time this area was explored,” Amin told Ahram Online. He continued that this new discovery not only forms another another archaeological attraction but “will lead us to other settlements that can be dated to different eras as well.”
Gadling (Sean McLachlan)
An ancient Christian city dating to the fourth century AD has been discovered in Egypt.
Archaeologists digging at the Ain al-Sabil area of the New Valley Governorate have discovered the remains of a basilica and buildings to serve the priests. This is the first excavation at the site and researchers hope more discoveries will be made under the Egyptian sands.
- Amin Supports Re-establishment Of The Ministry For Antiquities
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) In a statement issued by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), of which Ahram Online has received a copy, SCA’s secretary general Mostafa Amin denies any statements being spread on Facebook and Twitter that he is against...
- More Trouble At T'mill
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Under the title, “The revolution’s decisiveness at the Supreme Council of Antiquities" (SCA) a small group of the SCA’s staff protested today in front of the SCA building in Zamalek asking for the resignation of the...
- Earliest Ever Civil Roman Basilica Found Outside Alexandria
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With three photos. At Al-Baron area in Semouha district, south of Alexandria, an Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered several significant monuments and artefacts that will help in the writing of the history of the...
- New Settlement At Bahariya
Al Ahram Weekly On the same page as the northern Sinai article (page down to find it) Nevine El-Aref takes a brief look at the discovery of a new settlement at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert.Last week the area of Garet Al-Abiyad in Bahariya Oasis...
- More Re The New Bahariya Discovery
This discovery has now been confirmed as the genuine article (as opposed to some recent so-called new discoveries which have turned up to be old discoveries). The Australian A SETTLEMENT dating back to the time of the pyramid builders was discovered...