Egypt
- Growing And Grinding
IHC An advert for an upcoming talk by Willeke Wendrich, but it contains some information about the Faiyum and is quite well timed given the above discussions about the risks to the archaeology of the Faiyum. The north shore of Lake Qarun in the Egyptian...
- Daily Photo By Tony Marson
View over Karanis (Kom Aushim), Faiyum Depression I particularly like this photograph, shwoing the terrific foundations of the ruined town, with views out over the green expanses of the Faiyum. I have some very happy memories of Karanis. Su Bayfield...
- Travel: Qasr El Sagha, Faiyum Depression
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/tr401.htm"Qasr Al-Sagha, or rather the Golden Fortress, is one of Fayoum's mysterious marvels. Located north of Lake Qarun, the building once stood on the shore of the ancient Lake Moeris. Now the lake has shrunk...
- Qasr Qarun
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/qasrqarun.htm TourEgypt's most recent featured story concerns Qasr Qarun, the fortress and temples in the ancient town of Dionysius in the Faiyum depression, situated near the shores of modern shores of Lake...
- Eight New Granaries Found In The Faiyum
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7193576 Thanks to Tony Cagle for directing my attention to this item on his blog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/. The Faiyum Depression is a triangular depression to the southwest...
Egypt
Daily Photo: Karanis, Faiyum
Karanis is located at Kom Ushim in the Faiyum Depression, to the southwest of Cairo. It is a ruined Graeco Roman frontier settlement, one of the largest towns in the Faiyum, founded in the 3rd century BCE and home to around 3000 people. Mud brick walls of temples and houses survive, as do items of every day life made of stone. The town was located near to the edge of the lake, known then as Lake Moeris, and today as Birket Faiyum. The lake's levels have changed considerably over the millennia, and sites which were once located at the edge of the lake are now a considerable distance from it. A small museum is located at the site, which houses artefacts from all over the Faiyum. The Faiyum is the only place I have visited in Egypt which is frequently cloudy and windy. The Tour Egypt website has a useful summary of the site.
- Growing And Grinding
IHC An advert for an upcoming talk by Willeke Wendrich, but it contains some information about the Faiyum and is quite well timed given the above discussions about the risks to the archaeology of the Faiyum. The north shore of Lake Qarun in the Egyptian...
- Daily Photo By Tony Marson
View over Karanis (Kom Aushim), Faiyum Depression I particularly like this photograph, shwoing the terrific foundations of the ruined town, with views out over the green expanses of the Faiyum. I have some very happy memories of Karanis. Su Bayfield...
- Travel: Qasr El Sagha, Faiyum Depression
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/tr401.htm"Qasr Al-Sagha, or rather the Golden Fortress, is one of Fayoum's mysterious marvels. Located north of Lake Qarun, the building once stood on the shore of the ancient Lake Moeris. Now the lake has shrunk...
- Qasr Qarun
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/qasrqarun.htm TourEgypt's most recent featured story concerns Qasr Qarun, the fortress and temples in the ancient town of Dionysius in the Faiyum depression, situated near the shores of modern shores of Lake...
- Eight New Granaries Found In The Faiyum
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7193576 Thanks to Tony Cagle for directing my attention to this item on his blog at http://www.archaeoblog.blogspot.com/. The Faiyum Depression is a triangular depression to the southwest...