Egypt
This is the complete item on the State Information Service website. It is a nice touch that the museum will be named after Ahmed Fakhri, one of the first Egyptians to study Egyptology, a professor of ancient Egyptian history and ancient Near Eastern history at Cairo University until his retirement in 1965 and a pioneer of archaeological investigation in the Western Desert. He died in 1973.
For anyone interested in the archaeology of Dakhleh Oasis, a good source of online information is the Dakhleh Oasis Project website, complete with annual survey and excavation reports at:
http://arts.monash.edu.au/archaeology/excavations/dakhleh/index.html
- Online Article: Igai - A Little-known Deity Of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Rosetta online journal Complete article available free of charge. Igai - a little-known deity of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt Caroline Hubschmann Monash University Abstract The scarcity of artefacts and documents attesting the cult Igai justify his classification...
- A Condensed History Of The Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's Wrap Often overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile Valley, but there is a more rustic view. Of...
- Daily Photo: Gebel El-muzawaka
The 1st/2nd Century A.D. necropolis of Gebel el-Muzawaka (or Garet el-Mussawaga, the Hill of Paintings), in Dakhleh Oasis, near ancient Amheida, is visually impressive as you drive up to it, and is quite an experience when you get there - not least because...
- Current World Archaeology Magazine 21
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa21/cwa21.htmCWA 21 features an article on Dakhleh Oasis: "What was life like in an Egyptian oasis? The Dakhleh oasis is huge - today it is home to some 70,000 people - and the Dakhleh Oasis Project has been charting...
- Sinai Museum To Open Within Days
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o041025d.htm"Al-Arish museum is getting ready to receive tourist as monuments pieces are being moved to it from eight other museums in preparation for its inauguration, expected to be within days. The construction works...
Egypt
New museum for Dakhleh Oasis announced
http://tinyurl.com/ys8gtx (sis.gov.eg)
"The Supreme Council for Antiquities started construction works on the first ever museum on Egyptian deserts sciences and prehistoric monuments in Al-Dakhlah oasis of the New Valley. Farouk Hosni Culture Minister said the museum is to be built with the aid of the German government. Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawas said the museum will be named after late archaeologist Ahmed Fakhri. The museum will contain guidelines for monuments in the western desert such locations are situated in the Al-Golf Al-Kabir area and that they lacked protection as it is difficult to reach them. One of the tourist expeditions in the area destroyed rare wall paintings of King Cheops, that is why we have to issue guidelines in the new museum for tourists to avoid destruction of such antiquities, he added."
"The Supreme Council for Antiquities started construction works on the first ever museum on Egyptian deserts sciences and prehistoric monuments in Al-Dakhlah oasis of the New Valley. Farouk Hosni Culture Minister said the museum is to be built with the aid of the German government. Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities Zahi Hawas said the museum will be named after late archaeologist Ahmed Fakhri. The museum will contain guidelines for monuments in the western desert such locations are situated in the Al-Golf Al-Kabir area and that they lacked protection as it is difficult to reach them. One of the tourist expeditions in the area destroyed rare wall paintings of King Cheops, that is why we have to issue guidelines in the new museum for tourists to avoid destruction of such antiquities, he added."
This is the complete item on the State Information Service website. It is a nice touch that the museum will be named after Ahmed Fakhri, one of the first Egyptians to study Egyptology, a professor of ancient Egyptian history and ancient Near Eastern history at Cairo University until his retirement in 1965 and a pioneer of archaeological investigation in the Western Desert. He died in 1973.
For anyone interested in the archaeology of Dakhleh Oasis, a good source of online information is the Dakhleh Oasis Project website, complete with annual survey and excavation reports at:
http://arts.monash.edu.au/archaeology/excavations/dakhleh/index.html
- Online Article: Igai - A Little-known Deity Of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Rosetta online journal Complete article available free of charge. Igai - a little-known deity of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt Caroline Hubschmann Monash University Abstract The scarcity of artefacts and documents attesting the cult Igai justify his classification...
- A Condensed History Of The Dakhleh Oasis – Part 1
Mummy's Wrap Often overlooked by the mainstream, the oases in the Western Desert of Egypt offer a unique view to the history of ancient Egypt. The history of the oases parallels the history of the Nile Valley, but there is a more rustic view. Of...
- Daily Photo: Gebel El-muzawaka
The 1st/2nd Century A.D. necropolis of Gebel el-Muzawaka (or Garet el-Mussawaga, the Hill of Paintings), in Dakhleh Oasis, near ancient Amheida, is visually impressive as you drive up to it, and is quite an experience when you get there - not least because...
- Current World Archaeology Magazine 21
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/cwa/issues/cwa21/cwa21.htmCWA 21 features an article on Dakhleh Oasis: "What was life like in an Egyptian oasis? The Dakhleh oasis is huge - today it is home to some 70,000 people - and the Dakhleh Oasis Project has been charting...
- Sinai Museum To Open Within Days
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o041025d.htm"Al-Arish museum is getting ready to receive tourist as monuments pieces are being moved to it from eight other museums in preparation for its inauguration, expected to be within days. The construction works...