Egypt
- 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...
- Madinet Madi Now On The Egypt Tourism Map
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Zahi Hawass and Italian Ambassador to Egypt Claudio Pacifico will be celebrating the end of the second phase of the Madinet Madi Development Project in the Fayoum governorate,...
- Ancient Egyptian Administrative Building, Silos Unearthed In Edfu
Egypt State Information Service A US archaeological team has unearthed an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty, in the Upper Egyptian town of Edfu," said Egypt's Antiquities Department Tuesday17/6/2008....
- Bowling Invented In Ancient Egypt?
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) There is a photograph accompanying this two-page article: Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists....
- Archaeological Discoveries In The Fayoum And Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/hr1.htmNevine El-Aref again, this time on the subject of two areas of Egypt where important discoveries have been made this archaeological season: "Fayoum and Luxor are two magnificent Upper Egyptian regions with rich...
Egypt
First bowling hall in ancient Egypt
http://tinyurl.com/2fv6ko (sis.gov.eg)
The Italian antiquities mission working in Kom Madi area in Fayoum governorate, south of Cairo, discovered a bowling-like hall dating back to the Ptolemaic age. The hall was discovered during excavations at a building inside an ancient residential area in Kom Madi. Kom Madi is a temple area and one of the important ancient sites still in good shape despite having a long history extending back to the 12th Pharaonic Dynasty.
This is the complete item on the State Informtaion Service website.
Excavations at the site have produced some other interesting finds including, in 2000, a Graeco-Roman winery:
http://tinyurl.com/247jfj (sis.gov.eg)
The Italian antiquities mission working in Kom Madi area in Fayoum governorate, south of Cairo, discovered a bowling-like hall dating back to the Ptolemaic age. The hall was discovered during excavations at a building inside an ancient residential area in Kom Madi. Kom Madi is a temple area and one of the important ancient sites still in good shape despite having a long history extending back to the 12th Pharaonic Dynasty.
This is the complete item on the State Informtaion Service website.
Excavations at the site have produced some other interesting finds including, in 2000, a Graeco-Roman winery:
http://tinyurl.com/247jfj (sis.gov.eg)
- 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...
- Madinet Madi Now On The Egypt Tourism Map
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Zahi Hawass and Italian Ambassador to Egypt Claudio Pacifico will be celebrating the end of the second phase of the Madinet Madi Development Project in the Fayoum governorate,...
- Ancient Egyptian Administrative Building, Silos Unearthed In Edfu
Egypt State Information Service A US archaeological team has unearthed an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty, in the Upper Egyptian town of Edfu," said Egypt's Antiquities Department Tuesday17/6/2008....
- Bowling Invented In Ancient Egypt?
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) There is a photograph accompanying this two-page article: Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists....
- Archaeological Discoveries In The Fayoum And Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/hr1.htmNevine El-Aref again, this time on the subject of two areas of Egypt where important discoveries have been made this archaeological season: "Fayoum and Luxor are two magnificent Upper Egyptian regions with rich...