Egypt
- 3,000-year-old Temples Discovered In Egypt
MSNBC (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign delegations visiting Egypt,...
- More Re Discovery Of Sinai Fortress
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A good summary of the recent discoveries in Sinai of a vast fortress on the Horus Way: Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the...
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Army Hq In Sinai
Reuters AlertNet (Jonathan Wright) Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they say was the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the northeastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years, the government said on Wednesday. The fortress...
- More Re Fort Tharo Discovery, Sinai
All Headline News A few additional details that weren't covered in yesterday's posts are provided in the following post: Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced the discovery of a military fortress belonging to the 19th dynasty in Tal...
- Different Slants On The Sinai Pumice Story
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070402-egypt-volcano.html"Egyptian archaeologists today announced that they have unearthed traces of volcanic ash on the northern coast of Sinai that date to around 1500 B.C.—supporting accounts that a...
Egypt
More re Fort Tjaru (or Tharo)
National Geographic News
The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday. See the above two page article for more.
The massive fortress, discovered at a site called Tell-Huba, includes the graves of oldiers and horses and once featured a giant water-filled moat, scientists said. The discovery dates back to ancient Egypt's struggle to reconquer the northern Sinai Peninsula from an occupying force known as the Hyksos (see Egypt map).The campaign against the Hyksos was depicted in etchings on the ancient walls of the arnak Temple, 450 miles (720 kilometers) south of Cairo. Archaeologists said the new find shows those stone-chiseled tales to be surprisingly accurate. "The bones of humans and horses found in the area attest dramatically to the reality of such battles," said Zahi Hawass, director general of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA). "Previously, the area was known only from depictions in temples elsewhere in Egypt. We had no first-hand evidence of what was happening there during the pharaonic period." The discovery was part of a broader effort called the North Sinai Archaeological Project, which was started in 1991 to identify and protect archaeological sites that were threatened by an industrial agriculture project. The fort, called Fort Tjaru (or Tharo), was unearthed by a team led by Mohammed Abdul Maqsoud of the SCA.
- 3,000-year-old Temples Discovered In Egypt
MSNBC (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign delegations visiting Egypt,...
- More Re Discovery Of Sinai Fortress
National Geographic (Andrew Bossone) A good summary of the recent discoveries in Sinai of a vast fortress on the Horus Way: Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the...
- Archaeologists Find Ancient Army Hq In Sinai
Reuters AlertNet (Jonathan Wright) Egyptian archaeologists have discovered what they say was the ancient headquarters of the Pharaonic army guarding the northeastern borders of Egypt for more than 1,500 years, the government said on Wednesday. The fortress...
- More Re Fort Tharo Discovery, Sinai
All Headline News A few additional details that weren't covered in yesterday's posts are provided in the following post: Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni announced the discovery of a military fortress belonging to the 19th dynasty in Tal...
- Different Slants On The Sinai Pumice Story
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070402-egypt-volcano.html"Egyptian archaeologists today announced that they have unearthed traces of volcanic ash on the northern coast of Sinai that date to around 1500 B.C.—supporting accounts that a...