The world's oldest dam
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The world's oldest dam


http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/708/he1.htm
Musings on a 3rd or 4th Dynasty Dam, Sadd Al-Kafara, some 25 kilometres south of Cairo, to the east of Helwan, which was destroyed by rain soon after completion. This is a piece of popular narrative journalism, but it contains some interesting information.




- King Of The Wild Frontier
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/755/he1.htm "Remains of a Hyksos treasure found early last week in a cachet within the foundation of the fortified city of Tharo in North Sinai will shed more light on Ahmose I's strategy during his famous war of liberation....

- Egyptology 2004 - A Review
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/print/2004/723/heritage.htm "From the Mediterranean bed to Kom Al-Dikka, from Akhmim to Sinai, from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to Basle and Germany and from auction halls in Europe and America to Egypt, there were several...

- More On Live Excavation, Bahariya
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg10.htm The excavation of burials of middle ranking officials and professional people were excavated live on Channel 5, by Zahi Hawass. Bahariya, the nearest of the northern oases to the Nile, was the home of wine...

- International Congress Of Egyptologists
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/710/he1.htm A summary of the ups and downs of the ninth Congress, which is held every four years. This is a very good overview, describing everything from the chaotic organization of the conference centre in which it was...

- More About The Bm's Analysis Of Nesperennub
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/700/he1.htm A detailed summary from Al Ahram Weekly about the BM's analysis of the Theban mummy Nesperennub.  This is quite a long article and contains some interesting information both about the mummy and the...



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