Egypt
- Revised Edition: Codex Of Ancient Egyptian Plant Remains
Sais Books The second revised and extended edition of the Codex of Ancient Egyptian Plant Remains is now available for order online from the publisher at Sais Books. Over 5300 identifications of ancient Egyptian plant remains.Shortlist to species identifications.Taxonomical...
- Protectorates Not Protected - The Siwa Oasis
Al Masry Al Youm (Hoda Baraka) Siwa Oasis became a protectorate in 2002 as per Prime Ministerial decree number 1219, although nowadays visitors would have a hard time noticing any overt measures meant to be in place to ensure...
- Sacred Sina - Egyptian World Heritage Day Celebrations
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) As well as announcing an injection of funding for the St Catherine's National Park(the Greek government had offered Egypt a grant of LE2 million to help restore St Catherine's Monastery and add up-to-date facilities...
- The Faiyum To Become A Tourist Site For Prehistoric Whales
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) In the parched desert on the westernmost edge of the Fayoum Depression stretches Wadi Al-Hitan (Whales Valley), its invaluable fossil remains of the earliest and now extinct sub-order of whales, the Archaeoceti, scattered...
- Daily Photo: Birds At Aswan
I'm still in my Aswan 2007 folder, so here are some photographs of birds seen at Aswan in March 2007. Egret Pied Kingfisher Osprey Little Green Bee Eater I've looked these up in Patrick Houlihan's excllent The Birds of Ancient Egypt (1986)....
Egypt
Protected islands in Aswan threatened by encroachment
Egypt Independent (James Purtill)
Not archaeology, but relevant to the general heritage management situation in Egypt at the moment.
Not archaeology, but relevant to the general heritage management situation in Egypt at the moment.
The two granite islands abound with 125 species of birds, 120 species of flora, and the combined area has been named an Important Bird Area of Egypt and a tentative UNESCO world heritage site. Its six species of acacia are remnants of the gallery forest that is said to have covered the Nile Valley before the introduction of farming thousands of years ago.
After the initial confrontation with the EEAA back in early 2011, the trespassers stayed. For more than 12 months, the molokhia put down roots. It was a delicate situation. The EEAA feared that if one family was successful in defying state power, others would follow with their own claims.
- Revised Edition: Codex Of Ancient Egyptian Plant Remains
Sais Books The second revised and extended edition of the Codex of Ancient Egyptian Plant Remains is now available for order online from the publisher at Sais Books. Over 5300 identifications of ancient Egyptian plant remains.Shortlist to species identifications.Taxonomical...
- Protectorates Not Protected - The Siwa Oasis
Al Masry Al Youm (Hoda Baraka) Siwa Oasis became a protectorate in 2002 as per Prime Ministerial decree number 1219, although nowadays visitors would have a hard time noticing any overt measures meant to be in place to ensure...
- Sacred Sina - Egyptian World Heritage Day Celebrations
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) As well as announcing an injection of funding for the St Catherine's National Park(the Greek government had offered Egypt a grant of LE2 million to help restore St Catherine's Monastery and add up-to-date facilities...
- The Faiyum To Become A Tourist Site For Prehistoric Whales
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) In the parched desert on the westernmost edge of the Fayoum Depression stretches Wadi Al-Hitan (Whales Valley), its invaluable fossil remains of the earliest and now extinct sub-order of whales, the Archaeoceti, scattered...
- Daily Photo: Birds At Aswan
I'm still in my Aswan 2007 folder, so here are some photographs of birds seen at Aswan in March 2007. Egret Pied Kingfisher Osprey Little Green Bee Eater I've looked these up in Patrick Houlihan's excllent The Birds of Ancient Egypt (1986)....