Egypt
- More Re Concerns Over Development In The Faiyum
Reuters (Patrick Werr) Egypt's popular uprising may have arrived just in time to save a Neolithic site that holds the country's oldest evidence of agriculture and could yield vital clues to the rise of Pharaonic civilisation. The site lies in...
- Petition To Stop The Destruction Of The Lake Qarun Protected Area
PetitionOnline Thanks to Per Storemyr for sending this to me - a petition for the protection of the priceless antiquities in the Lake Qarun area of the Faiyum depression, to the southwest of Cairo. The petition can be viewed and signed above. They also...
- Egypt’s Tourism Minister Left Troubling Situation
bikyamasr Egypt’s former tourism minister, who was sentenced to five years in prison last week, has left a number of troubling business deals in his wake, including Porto Fayoum, a massive tourism development in a proposed world heritage site in Egypt’s...
- Faiyum Protectorate Not Protected
Al Masry Al Youm Thanks very much to Ben's Egypt Then and Now website for pointing to the above article, which I had missed. It is very topical given the new fieldwork taking place in the Faiyum Depression, but this has been an ongoing problem for...
- Daily Photo - Snapshots Of The Faiyum Today
The Faiyum Depression is located c85km to the southwest of Cairo. Thanks to a large Nile-fed lake (Birket Qarun) the area was occupied from prehistoric times onewards. Because the lake is fed by the Nile via a natural channel and not y artesian waters...
Egypt
More re the threat to the Faiyum
Egypt Today (Farida Helmy)
While the layman in Fayoum would probably welcome the idea of a project bringing in income and job opportunity to the quiet governorate, experts are far less eager.
Fayoum is Egypt’s oldest city and is located 130 kilometers southwest of Cairo. It is also home to the 1385-square-kilometer Lake Qarun. The North of the Lake Qarun area has been a protected area since the 1980s, and its boundaries have expanded gradually to include Gebel Qattrani.
Still an unspoiled wilderness, the north shore of Lake Qarun is a haven for bird migration; it is classified under BirdLife as an Important Bird Area (IBA), or an area that holds priority in conservation. It also contains one of the world’s most complete fossil records, according to UNESCO, which includes one of the world’s best preserved fossilized whales and Neolithic sites that reveal the evolution of the use of the stone tool artifacts.
- More Re Concerns Over Development In The Faiyum
Reuters (Patrick Werr) Egypt's popular uprising may have arrived just in time to save a Neolithic site that holds the country's oldest evidence of agriculture and could yield vital clues to the rise of Pharaonic civilisation. The site lies in...
- Petition To Stop The Destruction Of The Lake Qarun Protected Area
PetitionOnline Thanks to Per Storemyr for sending this to me - a petition for the protection of the priceless antiquities in the Lake Qarun area of the Faiyum depression, to the southwest of Cairo. The petition can be viewed and signed above. They also...
- Egypt’s Tourism Minister Left Troubling Situation
bikyamasr Egypt’s former tourism minister, who was sentenced to five years in prison last week, has left a number of troubling business deals in his wake, including Porto Fayoum, a massive tourism development in a proposed world heritage site in Egypt’s...
- Faiyum Protectorate Not Protected
Al Masry Al Youm Thanks very much to Ben's Egypt Then and Now website for pointing to the above article, which I had missed. It is very topical given the new fieldwork taking place in the Faiyum Depression, but this has been an ongoing problem for...
- Daily Photo - Snapshots Of The Faiyum Today
The Faiyum Depression is located c85km to the southwest of Cairo. Thanks to a large Nile-fed lake (Birket Qarun) the area was occupied from prehistoric times onewards. Because the lake is fed by the Nile via a natural channel and not y artesian waters...