Egypt
- Coptic Christian City Found In Dakhleh Oasis
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) Council of Antiquities (SCA) stumbled on what it believes to be a Coptic settlement dating back to the 4th century AD. Mostafa Amin, the Secretary General of the SCA, made the announcement, explaining that the newly discovered...
- Ancient Egyptians In Arabia
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The discovery of a hieroglyphic engraving in Saudi Arabia suggests that the ancient Egyptian empire extended further than previously recognised, reports Nevine El-Aref Archaeologists from the Saudi Commission for Tourism...
- Middle Kingdom/2nd Intermediate Settlement Discovered At Umm Mawagir In Kharga Oasis
drhawass.com Press Release, with photos. I think that "stumbled upon" is probably a little harsh! The American-Egyptian mission from Yale University has stumbled upon what appears to be the remains of a substantial settlement. The city is a thousand years...
- Bahariya Workshop
Here's another one of those conferences which I've picked out from the usual collection because it is slightly unusual. Baharaiya is the northernmost of the Western Desert oases. Czech Institute of Egyptologyof the Faculty of Arts, Charles University...
- Old Kingdom Settlement Found In Bahariya Oasis
Middle East Times At the moment I am taking this with a pinch of salt, because I haven't seen a report of it anywhere else. However, as I have been spending all day in a lecture theatre, which is scarcely the best place for picking up news items,...
Egypt
New settlement at Bahariya
Al Ahram Weekly
On the same page as the northern Sinai article (page down to find it) Nevine El-Aref takes a brief look at the discovery of a new settlement at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert.
Last week the area of Garet Al-Abiyad in Bahariya Oasis was the focus of world archaeological news. During a routine archaeological survey, a Czech archaeological mission from Charles University in Prague stumbled upon what is believed to be an Old Kingdom residential settlement. The key that led to the discovery was the first sand layer accumulated on the site mixed with heavily-eroded potsherds. Below it, directly adjoining the bedrock, archaeologists unearthed remains of mud-brick buildings and two fireplaces. Digging further down, according to the mission director Miroslav Barta, artefacts dating from the Old Kingdom were found including domestic pots, pans, flat-bottomed flasks, bread baking trays, low bi-conical stands and falcate bowls.
He added that team members had also unearthed an unusual food vessel with significant marks of cooking both inside and outside. The vessel is composed of two clay cups with flat bases moulded together with a height ranging from 8-12cm each.
Barta said early studies on the pottery had not determined the exact date of the finds, but all could be dated back to the Old Kingdom and most likely were from the Sixth Dynasty.
See the above page for more details.
- Coptic Christian City Found In Dakhleh Oasis
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) Council of Antiquities (SCA) stumbled on what it believes to be a Coptic settlement dating back to the 4th century AD. Mostafa Amin, the Secretary General of the SCA, made the announcement, explaining that the newly discovered...
- Ancient Egyptians In Arabia
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The discovery of a hieroglyphic engraving in Saudi Arabia suggests that the ancient Egyptian empire extended further than previously recognised, reports Nevine El-Aref Archaeologists from the Saudi Commission for Tourism...
- Middle Kingdom/2nd Intermediate Settlement Discovered At Umm Mawagir In Kharga Oasis
drhawass.com Press Release, with photos. I think that "stumbled upon" is probably a little harsh! The American-Egyptian mission from Yale University has stumbled upon what appears to be the remains of a substantial settlement. The city is a thousand years...
- Bahariya Workshop
Here's another one of those conferences which I've picked out from the usual collection because it is slightly unusual. Baharaiya is the northernmost of the Western Desert oases. Czech Institute of Egyptologyof the Faculty of Arts, Charles University...
- Old Kingdom Settlement Found In Bahariya Oasis
Middle East Times At the moment I am taking this with a pinch of salt, because I haven't seen a report of it anywhere else. However, as I have been spending all day in a lecture theatre, which is scarcely the best place for picking up news items,...