Egypt
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/1.asp
- Travel: El Kharga Driving Adventure
xmarksthescot (Barb T.) With some great photos of car parts! I'm back in Egypt for a week or so of field work in the Western Desert. We had an entertaining day last Thursday trying to get from Alexandria to El Kharga, an oasis town in the center of...
- Unified Law On Dealing With Desert Lands
Egypt State Information Service Hmmmmmm. Dr. Ahmed Nazif Prime Minister assigned eleven ministries including agriculture and land reclamation, tourism, trade and industry, housing and finance the mission of sorting out laws on dealing with the desert...
- Mapping Ancient Egyptian Sites
archaeology-news.org Hundreds of viper trails covered the sand before them. The Egyptologists could only hope that the serpents themselves were long gone as they made their way off the ancient desert road towards the limestone cliffs. First to reach the...
- ‘secret’ North Giza Development Project Threatens Residents
Egypt Daily Star News (Reem Abu Zahra) Following over one year since the presidential decree to develop the entire district of North Giza in May 2007, the plans continue to trigger controversy due to the lack of information about the project. The district...
- Environment: Western Desert Groundwater Could Last 300 Years
Egypt Daily Star News As the Arab Water Council meets today for the first Arab Region Consultative Workshop March 13-15 to prepare its research papers and regional reports for the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul in March 2009, many questions surround...
Egypt
Land Reclamation Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/1.asp
For those keeping tabs on land reclamation projects, some of which have hidden or destroyed a rich prehistoric past, this article talking about plans to reclaim land for agricultural purposes along the Nile and in the Western Desert. The government is "considering a plan to develop 400 village communities in the Western Desert close to the old governorates. This scheme would reduce the overcrowding in the older towns and villages and cut emigration to the capital". The idea is to extend land near to existing villages, effectively widening the agricultural potential of the Nile, from Borg el-Arab on the north coast to Aswan in the south, and on the west side of the Cairo-Alexandria desert road. There is nothing in the article about the archaeology of these areas, but I am sure that if there is a threat, this will eventually come to light.
- Travel: El Kharga Driving Adventure
xmarksthescot (Barb T.) With some great photos of car parts! I'm back in Egypt for a week or so of field work in the Western Desert. We had an entertaining day last Thursday trying to get from Alexandria to El Kharga, an oasis town in the center of...
- Unified Law On Dealing With Desert Lands
Egypt State Information Service Hmmmmmm. Dr. Ahmed Nazif Prime Minister assigned eleven ministries including agriculture and land reclamation, tourism, trade and industry, housing and finance the mission of sorting out laws on dealing with the desert...
- Mapping Ancient Egyptian Sites
archaeology-news.org Hundreds of viper trails covered the sand before them. The Egyptologists could only hope that the serpents themselves were long gone as they made their way off the ancient desert road towards the limestone cliffs. First to reach the...
- ‘secret’ North Giza Development Project Threatens Residents
Egypt Daily Star News (Reem Abu Zahra) Following over one year since the presidential decree to develop the entire district of North Giza in May 2007, the plans continue to trigger controversy due to the lack of information about the project. The district...
- Environment: Western Desert Groundwater Could Last 300 Years
Egypt Daily Star News As the Arab Water Council meets today for the first Arab Region Consultative Workshop March 13-15 to prepare its research papers and regional reports for the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul in March 2009, many questions surround...