Egypt
- More Re Opening Of Medinet Maadi
Gadling Last week a new ancient site opened to the public in Egypt--a temple of the crocodile god Sobek. Medinet Madi is located in Egypt's Faiyum region, a fertile area around a lake at the end of a branch of the Nile called Bahr Yusuf ("The River...
- Medinet Madi Featured Crocodile Nursery
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo of the heavily restored site. Egyptian authorities put another archaeological site on the country’s tourist map yesterday by opening a visitor center at Madinet Madi in the Fayoum region south of Cairo. Founded...
- Celebrating The Site Of Madinet Madi
drhawass.com Press release. Medinet Madi in the Faiyum depression (to the southwest of Cairo) used to be very isolated. The idea of an eco-lodge being built on its doorstep sounds very odd. The Minister of State for Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, and the...
- Medinet Madi Archaeological Park
PR-Canada.net Medinet Madi is a lovely Middle Kingdom site in the Faiyum Depression. I've posted a number of photographs of it and items about it in the past. Just type Medinet Madi into the search engine on this blog to see photographs and links....
- Discoveries At Medinet Madi, Faiyum
http://tinyurl.com/ongrz (dailystar.com) Work at the lovely Medinet Madi temple has apparently uncovered some new dimensions to the temple complex. The temple dates to the 12th Dynasty, under Amenemhat IV: "An Egyptian archeological team has discovered...
Egypt
Daily Photo: Medinet Madi, Faiyum
The Middle Kingdom site of Medinet Madi is a remarkably pretty site in the desert area of the Faiyum depression. It was established by Amenemhat III, built in a pale yellow limestone, and is dedicated to Sobek, Renenutet (wife to Sobek and responsible for the success of the harvest) and Horus. The Middle Kingdom temple is immediately adjacent to the Graeco-Roman site Narmouthis, of which more on another day, and was rennovated in the New Kingdom and extended in the Graeco-Roman period.
In the first photograph, note that the small white blob in the sand in the foreground to the centre- right is the carved head in the second photograph.
Click on the photograph if you want to see the full sized image.
In the first photograph, note that the small white blob in the sand in the foreground to the centre- right is the carved head in the second photograph.
Click on the photograph if you want to see the full sized image.
- More Re Opening Of Medinet Maadi
Gadling Last week a new ancient site opened to the public in Egypt--a temple of the crocodile god Sobek. Medinet Madi is located in Egypt's Faiyum region, a fertile area around a lake at the end of a branch of the Nile called Bahr Yusuf ("The River...
- Medinet Madi Featured Crocodile Nursery
Discovery News (Rossella Lorenzi) With photo of the heavily restored site. Egyptian authorities put another archaeological site on the country’s tourist map yesterday by opening a visitor center at Madinet Madi in the Fayoum region south of Cairo. Founded...
- Celebrating The Site Of Madinet Madi
drhawass.com Press release. Medinet Madi in the Faiyum depression (to the southwest of Cairo) used to be very isolated. The idea of an eco-lodge being built on its doorstep sounds very odd. The Minister of State for Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, and the...
- Medinet Madi Archaeological Park
PR-Canada.net Medinet Madi is a lovely Middle Kingdom site in the Faiyum Depression. I've posted a number of photographs of it and items about it in the past. Just type Medinet Madi into the search engine on this blog to see photographs and links....
- Discoveries At Medinet Madi, Faiyum
http://tinyurl.com/ongrz (dailystar.com) Work at the lovely Medinet Madi temple has apparently uncovered some new dimensions to the temple complex. The temple dates to the 12th Dynasty, under Amenemhat IV: "An Egyptian archeological team has discovered...