Egypt
- Climate Change: Sites In Peril
Archaeology Magazine (Andrew Curry) My excuse for featuring this article is that as well as looking at the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites from many parts of the globe, it looks at the effects that desertification in the Sudan will have...
- Travel: Giza To Aswan
http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1897942006A better than usual travel piece about visiting Egypt and what to expect at different sites, from a writer who took the time in advance to read up about the sites he was to visit. He considers in brief...
- Riding To The Pyramids
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1541&format=htmlAdvice from the Cairo Magazine about anyone visitng Cairo who likes the idea of riding out to the pyramids on horseback. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Crackdown On Websites Selling Stolen Items
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1334&format=html"In its fight to regain priceless Egyptian artifacts, the Supreme Council for Antiquities has started a crackdown on websites that sell stolen monuments. According to Akhbar...
- Sca Implements Water Control Projects
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp "The rise of subterranean water is a source of chronic headache for archaeologists in Egypt. With most sites across the country endangered by rising water levels, officials were forced to work out plans to...
Egypt
Damage to Nile Delta caused by climate change
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1169&format=html
This article focuses on the impacts of the changing environment on the future of the Nile Delta. It looks principally at the economic and social consequences of increasing salinity and higher water tables, but it does occur to me that there are potential impacts on the archaeology of the area as well, as neither water nor salinity are good for archaeological sites or monuments. It has been the experience of archaeologists working at prehistoric sites like Buto that early levels are already beneath the current water table. An interesting article in its own right, too.
This article focuses on the impacts of the changing environment on the future of the Nile Delta. It looks principally at the economic and social consequences of increasing salinity and higher water tables, but it does occur to me that there are potential impacts on the archaeology of the area as well, as neither water nor salinity are good for archaeological sites or monuments. It has been the experience of archaeologists working at prehistoric sites like Buto that early levels are already beneath the current water table. An interesting article in its own right, too.
- Climate Change: Sites In Peril
Archaeology Magazine (Andrew Curry) My excuse for featuring this article is that as well as looking at the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites from many parts of the globe, it looks at the effects that desertification in the Sudan will have...
- Travel: Giza To Aswan
http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1897942006A better than usual travel piece about visiting Egypt and what to expect at different sites, from a writer who took the time in advance to read up about the sites he was to visit. He considers in brief...
- Riding To The Pyramids
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1541&format=htmlAdvice from the Cairo Magazine about anyone visitng Cairo who likes the idea of riding out to the pyramids on horseback. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Crackdown On Websites Selling Stolen Items
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1334&format=html"In its fight to regain priceless Egyptian artifacts, the Supreme Council for Antiquities has started a crackdown on websites that sell stolen monuments. According to Akhbar...
- Sca Implements Water Control Projects
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp "The rise of subterranean water is a source of chronic headache for archaeologists in Egypt. With most sites across the country endangered by rising water levels, officials were forced to work out plans to...