Egypt
- Hibis Temple, Kharga
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Beginning in 1909, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was responsible for excavations at the Hibis temple. Their work resulted in three important volumes, which included translations of the inscriptions on the walls. After the Metropolitan...
- The Persian Presence At Qasr El-ghuieta, Egypt
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies Another paper found whilst looking for something else entirely, in case it is of interest to visitors: The Persian presence at Qasr el-Ghuieta, Egypt By Eugene Cruz-Uribe Northern Arizona University In studying the...
- Kharga - Egypt's Frontier Oasis
Archaeology Magazine Volume 61 Number 6, November/December 2008 Details of the latest issue of Archaeology magazine are now on the publication's website. Articles include a piece by Salima Ikram on Kharga oasis, for which an abstract is available...
- Travel: Hibis Temple In Kharga Oasis
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/tr5.htm"Darius I, Cambyses's successor to the throne, had a challenging task before him. Adapting a different approach than that of his predecessor, Darius I treated the Egyptians with respect and good will. His...
- Saving The Temple Of Hibis
http://tinyurl.com/cqcdf An artilce about savig the Temple of Hibis in Kharga Oasis: "Cintec manufactures structural reinforcement anchors [Newport, Wales, U.K.] from an ordinary looking office in the city centre - not the most glamorous of jobs, one...
Egypt
New Persian temple found at Kharga
http://tinyurl.com/2f7xks (za.today.reuters.com)
"French archaeologists have found a temple dating from the middle of the 1st millennium BC in Kharga oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, the Egyptian state news agency MENA said on Wednesday. The temple is at Dush in the southernmost edge of the oasis and dates from the Persian period, it said. The Persians were active in the Kharga area when they controlled Egypt between 525 and 404 BC and they rebuilt another well-known temple which survives near the main town Kharga. The MENA report gave no details of the condition of the new temple and officials were not available at the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology, which sent the team to Kharga.
The institute's Web site said that a settlement dating from the Persian period had revealed a temple, some important documents in the demotic script current at the time and traces of the irrigation system which made it possible to settle there.
MENA quoted the local director of antiquities as saying the irrigation works dated back to about 500 BC and that the French mission has also found statues and gold coins from the period.
Dush lies about 600 km (360 miles) south of Cairo and 200 km (120 miles) west of the Nile valley."
The institute's Web site said that a settlement dating from the Persian period had revealed a temple, some important documents in the demotic script current at the time and traces of the irrigation system which made it possible to settle there.
MENA quoted the local director of antiquities as saying the irrigation works dated back to about 500 BC and that the French mission has also found statues and gold coins from the period.
Dush lies about 600 km (360 miles) south of Cairo and 200 km (120 miles) west of the Nile valley."
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The only other Persian temple surviving in the Western Desert is also located in Kharga. Details about the Temple of Hibis, which has been under restoration, can be found at:
The only other Persian temple surviving in the Western Desert is also located in Kharga. Details about the Temple of Hibis, which has been under restoration, can be found at:
http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/deserts/western/kharga/hibis.html
and
http://touregypt.net/featurestories/hibis.htm
- Hibis Temple, Kharga
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Beginning in 1909, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was responsible for excavations at the Hibis temple. Their work resulted in three important volumes, which included translations of the inscriptions on the walls. After the Metropolitan...
- The Persian Presence At Qasr El-ghuieta, Egypt
The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies Another paper found whilst looking for something else entirely, in case it is of interest to visitors: The Persian presence at Qasr el-Ghuieta, Egypt By Eugene Cruz-Uribe Northern Arizona University In studying the...
- Kharga - Egypt's Frontier Oasis
Archaeology Magazine Volume 61 Number 6, November/December 2008 Details of the latest issue of Archaeology magazine are now on the publication's website. Articles include a piece by Salima Ikram on Kharga oasis, for which an abstract is available...
- Travel: Hibis Temple In Kharga Oasis
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/tr5.htm"Darius I, Cambyses's successor to the throne, had a challenging task before him. Adapting a different approach than that of his predecessor, Darius I treated the Egyptians with respect and good will. His...
- Saving The Temple Of Hibis
http://tinyurl.com/cqcdf An artilce about savig the Temple of Hibis in Kharga Oasis: "Cintec manufactures structural reinforcement anchors [Newport, Wales, U.K.] from an ordinary looking office in the city centre - not the most glamorous of jobs, one...