Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
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- Power Station Controversy At Graeco-roman Tel Al-dabaa
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Egypt
More re Marina El-Alamein
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
Holidaymakers to Egypt's northern coast will have more to entertain them than sun, sand and sea later this summer.
Starting in mid-September they can end a day spent on the beach by taking a virtual trip back to the Graeco-Roman era and exploring the archaeological site of Marina Al-Alamein, which 2,000 years ago was a major town and port known as Leucaspis.
Following years of restoration and development, the Marina archaeological site, situated not far from the World War II memorials at Al-Alamein, will open in the evenings from the middle of next month. The site is l96km west of Alexandra and 6km east of Al-Alamein. The site of the town stretches for 1km and is 0.5km wide, making it the largest archaeological site on Egypt's north coast.
Although historical records existed of the site of Leucaspis, as well as rudimentary plans of its layout, these were forgotten by the time construction began on the giant Marina holiday resort. Fortunately preliminary construction work revealed marble columns and other debris, and archaeologists stepped in to preserve the ruins.
- Ancient Port City To Be Opened To The Public
Yahoo! News With photos. Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown...
- Al-alamein Archeological Site To Open For Visitors
Egypt Daily News The Marina Al-Alamein archeological site will open four visitors mid-September, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Tuesday. The archeological site is the largest in the north coast, stretching over 189 acres, the SCA...
- Marsa Matrouh Travel Special
Al Ahram Weekly Al Ahram Weekly has a travel supplement this week which looks at Marsa Matrouh (the biggest town of which is El Alamein). As well as details about Second Wolrd War cemeteries and museums there is also one article which covers the archaeological...
- Egypt's New Desert Battle - Landmines In The Western Desert
You Tube - Al Jazeera (Ayman Moyheldin) I've posted about this before on my Egyptian Deserts blog, linking to several other stories. This is the area where the battle of el-Alamein was fought. Video. 3.33 minutes. An estimated 16 million landmines...
- Power Station Controversy At Graeco-roman Tel Al-dabaa
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/825/eg4.htm"The National Democratic Party's announcement a month ago that Egypt is seeking to revive its nuclear programme and means to build a large power station neighbouring the Graeco-Roman site of Tel Al-Dabaa...