Egypt
- Campaign To Stop Nile Dam
Religious Intelligence (George Conger) Sudanese democracy advocates have launched a campaign in Washington to generate pressure upon the National Islamic Front government in Khartoum to stop construction of the Merowe dam at the fourth cataract of the...
- Weekly Websites
Nubian Rock Art Virtual Archive http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DEPT1_Kleinitz-RockArt "This online research archive is dedicated to the rock art of the Nile valley. Initially, it presents high resolution digital photographs, as well...
- Important Rescue Archaeology In The Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20843"Sudan’s archaeology is finally stepping out of Egypt’s shadow as teams work against the clock to rescue an entire swathe of Nile Valley heritage from the rising waters of a Chinese-built dam. 'The...
- Italian Archaeologists To Join Efforts To Save Sudan's Artifacts
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/01/eng20070301_353343.html"Two top Italian archaeologists will join the international efforts to save ancient artifacts from being submerged by a dam project in Sudan, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday. Twin...
- Merowe Dam
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/01/eng20070201_346734.html"A multinational venture, with China as its leading constructor, the eye-catching Merowe Dam has not only brought hope of prosperity to the local people, but also ever closer ties between the...
Egypt
More re rescue archaeology at Merowe Dam
More of much the same as earlier posts at:
http://www.washtimes.com/entertainment/20070327-094850-6236r.htm
"The Merowe dam is a controversial hydroelectric project one of the largest in Africa being erected on the Nile's fourth cataract and due to start flooding the valley over more than 100 miles within months. Archaeologists admit that an incalculable amount of information will be forever lost. But the largest archaeological rescue project since the Nubian campaign began in the 1960s (during the construction of the Aswan dam in southern Egypt) has unearthed a heritage that would likely have remained untapped."
http://www.washtimes.com/entertainment/20070327-094850-6236r.htm
"The Merowe dam is a controversial hydroelectric project one of the largest in Africa being erected on the Nile's fourth cataract and due to start flooding the valley over more than 100 miles within months. Archaeologists admit that an incalculable amount of information will be forever lost. But the largest archaeological rescue project since the Nubian campaign began in the 1960s (during the construction of the Aswan dam in southern Egypt) has unearthed a heritage that would likely have remained untapped."
See the above for the full story.
- Campaign To Stop Nile Dam
Religious Intelligence (George Conger) Sudanese democracy advocates have launched a campaign in Washington to generate pressure upon the National Islamic Front government in Khartoum to stop construction of the Merowe dam at the fourth cataract of the...
- Weekly Websites
Nubian Rock Art Virtual Archive http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/research/projects/DEPT1_Kleinitz-RockArt "This online research archive is dedicated to the rock art of the Nile valley. Initially, it presents high resolution digital photographs, as well...
- Important Rescue Archaeology In The Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20843"Sudan’s archaeology is finally stepping out of Egypt’s shadow as teams work against the clock to rescue an entire swathe of Nile Valley heritage from the rising waters of a Chinese-built dam. 'The...
- Italian Archaeologists To Join Efforts To Save Sudan's Artifacts
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/01/eng20070301_353343.html"Two top Italian archaeologists will join the international efforts to save ancient artifacts from being submerged by a dam project in Sudan, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday. Twin...
- Merowe Dam
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/01/eng20070201_346734.html"A multinational venture, with China as its leading constructor, the eye-catching Merowe Dam has not only brought hope of prosperity to the local people, but also ever closer ties between the...