Egypt
- New Meteorite Impact Site Discovered
Science Daily A 2008 Google Earth search led to the discovery of Kamil crater, one of the best-preserved meteorite impact sites ever found. Earlier this year, a gritty, sand-blown expedition reached the site deep in the Egyptian desert to collect iron...
- Ramadan In Egypt - Guide For Tourists And Newbies
Egypt Hints and Quirks (Darell) Ramadan began in Egypt yesterday, and continues until 30th September. This has an impact on opening of to monuments and restaurants etc. Darell has posted a very useful summary of some of the impacts and what you might...
- Blog Update
I'm back in the land of the living, although it feels as though I have been away for two months rather than two weeks. I will be working to backdate the blog over the next few days. I have literally hundreds of emails to work through, so please bear...
- More On The Sun Temple Of Matariya
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/eg4.htmA summary both of the recent find of the sun temple at Heliopolis, and of other discoveries in the area, plus details of a new open air museum currently under construction to display the remains of a number of...
- Visiting The Sites Of Minya
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/762/tr1.htm A travel article looking at what the Minya area has to offer visitors, taking in the archaeology in some detail. Particular sites focused on are the 11th Dynasty tombs of Beni Hassan (with some good descriptions...
Egypt
Correction: Eternal Egypt at Science Week, Thailand
http://www.impact.co.th/
Many thanks to Chris Townsend, my much-appreciated and newly designated "Official Nitpicker". As Chris points out, although the exhibit noted above, and posted about yesterday, has a lot of items originating in Japan, the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani is in Thailand and not Japan as I posted yesterday. Keep up the good work Chris! The above URL is a link to the Impact Arena in Bankok, Thailand. Full details of the location of the Arena, which is showing the Science Week exhibition until Sunday, are at the following URL, with my apologies:
Many thanks to Chris Townsend, my much-appreciated and newly designated "Official Nitpicker". As Chris points out, although the exhibit noted above, and posted about yesterday, has a lot of items originating in Japan, the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani is in Thailand and not Japan as I posted yesterday. Keep up the good work Chris! The above URL is a link to the Impact Arena in Bankok, Thailand. Full details of the location of the Arena, which is showing the Science Week exhibition until Sunday, are at the following URL, with my apologies:
http://www.impact.co.th/direction.php
- New Meteorite Impact Site Discovered
Science Daily A 2008 Google Earth search led to the discovery of Kamil crater, one of the best-preserved meteorite impact sites ever found. Earlier this year, a gritty, sand-blown expedition reached the site deep in the Egyptian desert to collect iron...
- Ramadan In Egypt - Guide For Tourists And Newbies
Egypt Hints and Quirks (Darell) Ramadan began in Egypt yesterday, and continues until 30th September. This has an impact on opening of to monuments and restaurants etc. Darell has posted a very useful summary of some of the impacts and what you might...
- Blog Update
I'm back in the land of the living, although it feels as though I have been away for two months rather than two weeks. I will be working to backdate the blog over the next few days. I have literally hundreds of emails to work through, so please bear...
- More On The Sun Temple Of Matariya
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/784/eg4.htmA summary both of the recent find of the sun temple at Heliopolis, and of other discoveries in the area, plus details of a new open air museum currently under construction to display the remains of a number of...
- Visiting The Sites Of Minya
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/762/tr1.htm A travel article looking at what the Minya area has to offer visitors, taking in the archaeology in some detail. Particular sites focused on are the 11th Dynasty tombs of Beni Hassan (with some good descriptions...