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Medinet Madi Archaeological Park

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Medinet Madi is a lovely Middle Kingdom site in the Faiyum Depression. I've posted a number of photographs of it and items about it in the past. Just type Medinet Madi into the search engine on this blog to see photographs and links. Because it is remote it only receives a few visitors which means that every time that I've been there with friends we've had the place to ourselves.
Photo copyright Bob Partridge, Editor of Ancient Egypt Magazine with my thanks.

The project is a highly ambitious one whose results were recently examined at a conference held in Cairo . . . .

During the conference the importance of Italian and Egyptian institutions' experience and know-how was foregrounded, which were exemplified by the fruitful cooperation between the Italian University of Pisa and Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which led not only to recovery of the only Middle Kingdom temple in the country, with texts inscribed into the walls and relief works, as well as the restoration of the entire surrounding area, but also, and most importantly, its availability to visitors in full compliance with the defence of the environment and with major socio-economic returns.

- 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,...

- Daily Photo By Bob Partridge (ancient Egypt Magazine)
One of my favourite sites in Egypt - Medinet Madi, Faiyum Depression. Click image to see a bigger version of the image With many thanks to Bob Partridge, Editor of Ancient Egypt Magazine. Copyright Bob Partridge. Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...

- Daily Photo: Medinet Madi, Faiyum
The Middle Kingdom site of Medinet Madi is a remarkably pretty site in the desert area of the Faiyum depression. It was established by Amenemhat III, built in a pale yellow limestone, and is dedicated to Sobek, Renenutet (wife to Sobek and responsible...

- 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...

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