Egypt
- Press Release: Faiyum Discoveries
drhawass.com Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that an Egyptian mission has discovered that an area to the north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum region is rich in archaeological and paleontological remains dating back as far as 40 million...
- Wadi Hittan Nature Reserve On Tourist Map
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o200825g.htm"The government is to launch within the next few days the development project of the Wadi Hittan (Whales Valley) nature reserve in Rayan Valley in Fayoum governorate. The project aims at placing this area...
- Pharaonic Fortress Found Inside Turquoise Mines In Sinai
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o210325n.htm A typically brief State Information Service piece, and it may be a repetition of a discovery already known: "An Egyptian-Canadian mission unearthed a Fort from the Old Kingdom in Fairuz area in South Sinai....
- 11 Tombs Excavated At Ahansia
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o310125m.htm Copied from the Egytian State Information Service website: "The Spanish archaeological mission under the National Antiquities Museum in Madrid has unearthed about eleven tombs built with unburnt bricks...
- Discoveries In Eastern Desert Unearthed
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o201024h.htm "An excavtation mission under Minnesota University in the US which is conducting excacavations in Wadi Qum Heleeg in Sharqeya desert unearthed 132 engravings dating back to pre-historic ages." A typically...
Egypt
New archaeological find in New Valley
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o130925j.htm
"An Egyptian archaeological mission working in the New Valley's al-Dakhla Oasis unearthed pre-historic shark and reptile fossils in the now-desert area of Kliss.
"An Egyptian archaeological mission working in the New Valley's al-Dakhla Oasis unearthed pre-historic shark and reptile fossils in the now-desert area of Kliss.
Stone utensils including knives and plain pottery were among the artifacts found. Fossils of lions, tigers were also excavated by the mission in the area".
Unfortunately, this is the complete item on the State Information Service website.
- Press Release: Faiyum Discoveries
drhawass.com Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced today that an Egyptian mission has discovered that an area to the north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum region is rich in archaeological and paleontological remains dating back as far as 40 million...
- Wadi Hittan Nature Reserve On Tourist Map
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o200825g.htm"The government is to launch within the next few days the development project of the Wadi Hittan (Whales Valley) nature reserve in Rayan Valley in Fayoum governorate. The project aims at placing this area...
- Pharaonic Fortress Found Inside Turquoise Mines In Sinai
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o210325n.htm A typically brief State Information Service piece, and it may be a repetition of a discovery already known: "An Egyptian-Canadian mission unearthed a Fort from the Old Kingdom in Fairuz area in South Sinai....
- 11 Tombs Excavated At Ahansia
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o310125m.htm Copied from the Egytian State Information Service website: "The Spanish archaeological mission under the National Antiquities Museum in Madrid has unearthed about eleven tombs built with unburnt bricks...
- Discoveries In Eastern Desert Unearthed
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o201024h.htm "An excavtation mission under Minnesota University in the US which is conducting excacavations in Wadi Qum Heleeg in Sharqeya desert unearthed 132 engravings dating back to pre-historic ages." A typically...