Egypt
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- Online Article: Igai - A Little-known Deity Of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Rosetta online journal Complete article available free of charge. Igai - a little-known deity of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt Caroline Hubschmann Monash University Abstract The scarcity of artefacts and documents attesting the cult Igai justify his classification...
- A Condensed History Of The Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's Wrap Often overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile Valley, but there is a more rustic view. Of...
- Learning About The Oases Of The Western Desert
Greek and Roman Studies blog (Aislinn Lowry) The past few weeks in Dakhleh have been spent largely in the classroom learning about the Oases of the Western Desert, Dakhleh especially. We have been collectively learning about this astounding Oasis’...
- Dakhleh Oasis Project - Dr. Peter Sheldrick
The Chatham Daily News (Bob Boughner) A semi-retired Chatham physician, who is helping unearth Egypt's past, is featured in a television documentary airing tonight. . . . The Chatham native is scheduled to return to Egypt later this week to resume...
- Current World Archaeology Magazine 21
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa21/cwa21.htmCWA 21 features an article on Dakhleh Oasis: "What was life like in an Egyptian oasis? The Dakhleh oasis is huge - today it is home to some 70,000 people - and the Dakhleh Oasis Project has been charting...
Egypt
Desert origins of the pharaohs
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Detailed article (10 pages of A4 when printed) about the importance of Dakhleh Oasis in the prehistoric period: "The Western Desert of Egypt, near the Dakhleh Oasis, appears to be one of the most uninhabitable places on the planet. Any search for signs of life on this Martian surface seems pointless. But as we crest a ridge of sand, with chunks of ironstone clinking underfoot, archeologist Mary McDonald is about to show me something that puts paid to that notion: evidence that she has found not only the beginnings of settled life in North Africa, but almost certainly the beginnings of the longest-lasting civilizationthe world has ever known—the Pharaonic, or Dynastic, civilization of the Nile Valley, heretofore thought to have derived from elsewhere in the Middle East."
- Online Article: Igai - A Little-known Deity Of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Rosetta online journal Complete article available free of charge. Igai - a little-known deity of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt Caroline Hubschmann Monash University Abstract The scarcity of artefacts and documents attesting the cult Igai justify his classification...
- A Condensed History Of The Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's Wrap Often overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile Valley, but there is a more rustic view. Of...
- Learning About The Oases Of The Western Desert
Greek and Roman Studies blog (Aislinn Lowry) The past few weeks in Dakhleh have been spent largely in the classroom learning about the Oases of the Western Desert, Dakhleh especially. We have been collectively learning about this astounding Oasis’...
- Dakhleh Oasis Project - Dr. Peter Sheldrick
The Chatham Daily News (Bob Boughner) A semi-retired Chatham physician, who is helping unearth Egypt's past, is featured in a television documentary airing tonight. . . . The Chatham native is scheduled to return to Egypt later this week to resume...
- Current World Archaeology Magazine 21
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa21/cwa21.htmCWA 21 features an article on Dakhleh Oasis: "What was life like in an Egyptian oasis? The Dakhleh oasis is huge - today it is home to some 70,000 people - and the Dakhleh Oasis Project has been charting...