Egypt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/4111190.stm
- Stabilising The Step Pyramid
BBC News (Neil Prior) With video of the work being carried out. A south Wales engineering company is using 21st Century technology, including air bags, to help preserve one of Egypt's most imposing landmarks, dating back to 2,700 BC. The Pyramid...
- Hibis Temple, Kharga
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Beginning in 1909, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was responsible for excavations at the Hibis temple. Their work resulted in three important volumes, which included translations of the inscriptions on the walls. After the Metropolitan...
- The Persian Presence At Qasr El-ghuieta, Egypt
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies Another paper found whilst looking for something else entirely, in case it is of interest to visitors: The Persian presence at Qasr el-Ghuieta, Egypt By Eugene Cruz-Uribe Northern Arizona University In studying the...
- Hibis Temple, Kharga
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/tr5.htm A snapshot of Hibis Temple in Kharga Oasis: "Darius I treated the Egyptians with respect and good will. His list of achievements includes finishing the canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea, extending the...
- New Persian Temple Found At Kharga
http://tinyurl.com/2f7xks (za.today.reuters.com)"French archaeologists have found a temple dating from the middle of the 1st millennium BC in Kharga oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, the Egyptian state news agency MENA said on Wednesday. The temple...
Egypt
Hibis Restoration (Kharga Oasis)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/4111190.stm
The Late Period site of Hibis in Kharga Oasis, which has been under scaffolding for years, and is one of the few sites with significant Persian input, is going to be moved 500m from its current location due to groundwater damage, possibly caused by local irrigation. A company from Wales (UK) called Cintec International has been chosen to do the work required: "The company is using a system which it says will leave no visible change to the temple's outward appearance. Cintec has work on 10 mosques and maqaads, or pillared rooms, in historic parts of the Egyptian capital Cairo . . . . The Cintec system involves injecting a special cement grout into a steel "anchor" section in a mesh fabric sleeve. The flexible sleeve expands and moulds itself into the shape and spaces within the walls to support the building. ". See the article for more. Thanks to Jimmy Dunn for forwarding this item to me.
- Stabilising The Step Pyramid
BBC News (Neil Prior) With video of the work being carried out. A south Wales engineering company is using 21st Century technology, including air bags, to help preserve one of Egypt's most imposing landmarks, dating back to 2,700 BC. The Pyramid...
- Hibis Temple, Kharga
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Beginning in 1909, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was responsible for excavations at the Hibis temple. Their work resulted in three important volumes, which included translations of the inscriptions on the walls. After the Metropolitan...
- The Persian Presence At Qasr El-ghuieta, Egypt
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies Another paper found whilst looking for something else entirely, in case it is of interest to visitors: The Persian presence at Qasr el-Ghuieta, Egypt By Eugene Cruz-Uribe Northern Arizona University In studying the...
- Hibis Temple, Kharga
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/tr5.htm A snapshot of Hibis Temple in Kharga Oasis: "Darius I treated the Egyptians with respect and good will. His list of achievements includes finishing the canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea, extending the...
- New Persian Temple Found At Kharga
http://tinyurl.com/2f7xks (za.today.reuters.com)"French archaeologists have found a temple dating from the middle of the 1st millennium BC in Kharga oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, the Egyptian state news agency MENA said on Wednesday. The temple...