Egypt
New Straits Times (Siti Nurbaiyah Nadzmi)
- Sudan's Land Of 'black Pharaohs' A Trove For Archaeologists
expatica.com There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. "There is a magic beauty about these sites that is heightened...
- The Case Of The Merowe Dam In Sudan
BN Village (Prof. Manu Ampim) Two-part posting which shows exerpts from a report which is available for purchase. In August 2007, I visited the Sudan for two weeks to conduct field research near the Merowe Dam area in the country’s northern region....
- Dangers Posed By Chinese-funded Projects In Africa
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/asia/AS-GEN-China-Africa.php"Chinese-funded dams and other projects potentially threaten Africa's environment and local populations, an environmental group said Monday, urging Beijing to avoid similar mistakes...
- Important Rescue Archaeology In The Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20843"Sudan’s archaeology is finally stepping out of Egypt’s shadow as teams work against the clock to rescue an entire swathe of Nile Valley heritage from the rising waters of a Chinese-built dam. 'The...
- Merowe Dam
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/01/eng20070201_346734.html"A multinational venture, with China as its leading constructor, the eye-catching Merowe Dam has not only brought hope of prosperity to the local people, but also ever closer ties between the...
Egypt
Energy, wealth and peace to flow from Sudanese dam
New Straits Times (Siti Nurbaiyah Nadzmi)
THE 20,000-strong crowd of men in white robes, women in colourful wraps and children in Western clothes danced before the main platform on the Merowe desert in Sudan, in what looked like a massive rock concert under the baking sun.
Set against the foreboding backdrop of a warrant of arrest on their leader from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the people seemed more concerned with being set free from poverty.
Certainly, the desert dwellers -- farmers who had lived on and worked this land since the Pharaohs -- saw the US$2 billion (RM7 billion) Merowe Dam as a catalyst for change.
One of them, economics graduate Sarah Omer, 29, had returned to her hometown in Merowe after completing her studies in Khartoum to work with one of the engineering companies at the dam, Lahmeyer International.
Omer belongs to the Shaygia tribe. Her ancestors had once ruled northern Sudan and built pyramids along the Nile to mark their rule over Egypt for more than a century.
The "Black Pharaohs", as they were dubbed by Western archaeologists, were in no way inferior to the Egyptians when it came to intellect and technology, and had built more pyramids along the Nile than their neighbours.
Once a bustling kingdom, the area is today filled with mud-house villages.
- Sudan's Land Of 'black Pharaohs' A Trove For Archaeologists
expatica.com There is not a tourist in sight as the sun sets over sand-swept pyramids at Meroe, but archaeologists say the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan holds mysteries to rival ancient Egypt. "There is a magic beauty about these sites that is heightened...
- The Case Of The Merowe Dam In Sudan
BN Village (Prof. Manu Ampim) Two-part posting which shows exerpts from a report which is available for purchase. In August 2007, I visited the Sudan for two weeks to conduct field research near the Merowe Dam area in the country’s northern region....
- Dangers Posed By Chinese-funded Projects In Africa
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/asia/AS-GEN-China-Africa.php"Chinese-funded dams and other projects potentially threaten Africa's environment and local populations, an environmental group said Monday, urging Beijing to avoid similar mistakes...
- Important Rescue Archaeology In The Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20843"Sudan’s archaeology is finally stepping out of Egypt’s shadow as teams work against the clock to rescue an entire swathe of Nile Valley heritage from the rising waters of a Chinese-built dam. 'The...
- Merowe Dam
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/01/eng20070201_346734.html"A multinational venture, with China as its leading constructor, the eye-catching Merowe Dam has not only brought hope of prosperity to the local people, but also ever closer ties between the...