Egypt
- Snappy New Museum For Kom Ombo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The new Crocodile Museum stands on top of a 15-metre hillock on the doorstep of the Ptolemaic temple on the east bank of the Nile at Kom Ombo, where the ancient Egyptians worshipped the crocodile-headed Sobek, their god...
- The High Dam And Its Negative Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamill) This is a fascinating article, to which a short exerpt simply cannot do justice. Jill Kamill looks at the impacts of the Aswan High Dam on Egypt's heritage - everything from water damage to monuments to the increase in...
- Travel: Reflections In The Nile
Reflections in the Nile blog Su Bayfield has been updating her blog recently with items from journals she has kept of her many visits to Egypt, creating an eclectic mix of photographs, insights and anecdotes. Very enjoyable. Here's a sample from...
- Would Ancient Egyptians Worship Your Pet Cat?
PR-GB.com The next time you sip your morning coffee while watching your favorite pet feline methodically groom herself for the day, consider this: your pet cat might have been revered, even worshipped by Egyptians thousands of years ago. These ancient...
- Ancient Egyptian Flood Prevention At Karnak Temple
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6798"Remains of an ancient Egyptian wall used to prevent the leakage of the Nile flood waters from spreading over the Karnak temple in Luxor were discovered on Thursday at the temple's eastern side,...
Egypt
The Nile Valley - where ancient meets modern
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3358004a2180,00.html
An article looking at the value of the Nile to Egypt, ancient and modern, and contrasting the natural flooding of the Valley in days before large-scale damming projects began, with life since the creation of the Aswan High Dam: "It was the ancient Egyptians and their predecessors who first recognised the importance of the Nile floods and captured their potential to grow crops on land that must now feed the burgeoning population of some 70 million Egyptians, the world's largest Arab nation. The ancient Egyptians also captured the story of the Nile River floods in hieroglyphics where the year was divided into three seasons. At the temple of the gods Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo built around 150 BC, between Luxor and Aswan on the Nile, illustrations and hieroglyphics show the seasons based on the 'life blood of mother Nile'; the flood season, the planting and the harvest season. The floods brought the water and all-important fertile silt and spread it over the fields, providing natural nutrients and irrigation for the annual crops. But now with the Aswan High Dam, everything has changed".
An article looking at the value of the Nile to Egypt, ancient and modern, and contrasting the natural flooding of the Valley in days before large-scale damming projects began, with life since the creation of the Aswan High Dam: "It was the ancient Egyptians and their predecessors who first recognised the importance of the Nile floods and captured their potential to grow crops on land that must now feed the burgeoning population of some 70 million Egyptians, the world's largest Arab nation. The ancient Egyptians also captured the story of the Nile River floods in hieroglyphics where the year was divided into three seasons. At the temple of the gods Sobek and Haroeris at Kom Ombo built around 150 BC, between Luxor and Aswan on the Nile, illustrations and hieroglyphics show the seasons based on the 'life blood of mother Nile'; the flood season, the planting and the harvest season. The floods brought the water and all-important fertile silt and spread it over the fields, providing natural nutrients and irrigation for the annual crops. But now with the Aswan High Dam, everything has changed".
- Snappy New Museum For Kom Ombo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) The new Crocodile Museum stands on top of a 15-metre hillock on the doorstep of the Ptolemaic temple on the east bank of the Nile at Kom Ombo, where the ancient Egyptians worshipped the crocodile-headed Sobek, their god...
- The High Dam And Its Negative Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamill) This is a fascinating article, to which a short exerpt simply cannot do justice. Jill Kamill looks at the impacts of the Aswan High Dam on Egypt's heritage - everything from water damage to monuments to the increase in...
- Travel: Reflections In The Nile
Reflections in the Nile blog Su Bayfield has been updating her blog recently with items from journals she has kept of her many visits to Egypt, creating an eclectic mix of photographs, insights and anecdotes. Very enjoyable. Here's a sample from...
- Would Ancient Egyptians Worship Your Pet Cat?
PR-GB.com The next time you sip your morning coffee while watching your favorite pet feline methodically groom herself for the day, consider this: your pet cat might have been revered, even worshipped by Egyptians thousands of years ago. These ancient...
- Ancient Egyptian Flood Prevention At Karnak Temple
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6798"Remains of an ancient Egyptian wall used to prevent the leakage of the Nile flood waters from spreading over the Karnak temple in Luxor were discovered on Thursday at the temple's eastern side,...