Egypt
- Daily Photo By Bob Partridge (ancient Egypt Magazine)
Qasr es Sagha, Faiyum Depression There have been many discussions about whether this is an Old Kingdom or Middle Kingdom temple, because there are no inscriptions to assist Click image to see a bigger version of the image With many thanks to Bob Partridge,...
- Daily Photo - Snapshots Of The Faiyum Today
The Faiyum Depression is located c85km to the southwest of Cairo. Thanks to a large Nile-fed lake (Birket Qarun) the area was occupied from prehistoric times onewards. Because the lake is fed by the Nile via a natural channel and not y artesian waters...
- The Endangered Faiyum
www.faiyum.com Geoffrey Tassie has written a paper, posted on the above page, which looks at the modern threat to the archaeology of the Faiyum. Here's his introduction: As already highlighted in the ECHO news article Faiyumi Sites to be placed on...
- Daily Photo: Karanis, Faiyum
Karanis is located at Kom Ushim in the Faiyum Depression, to the southwest of Cairo. It is a ruined Graeco Roman frontier settlement, one of the largest towns in the Faiyum, founded in the 3rd century BCE and home to around 3000 people. Mud brick walls...
- Qasr Qarun
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/qasrqarun.htm TourEgypt's most recent featured story concerns Qasr Qarun, the fortress and temples in the ancient town of Dionysius in the Faiyum depression, situated near the shores of modern shores of Lake...
Egypt
Travel: Qasr el Sagha, Faiyum Depression
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/tr401.htm
"Qasr Al-Sagha, or rather the Golden Fortress, is one of Fayoum's mysterious marvels. Located north of Lake Qarun, the building once stood on the shore of the ancient Lake Moeris. Now the lake has shrunk and Qasr Al-Sagha is stranded amidst the barren desert.
So what makes this archaeological site peculiar? Several other reasons besides the location. Though it has been debatable for some time, scholars have agreed that it belongs to the Middle Kingdom. However, the purpose of the edifice is not known, or whether it is a temple or a palace. Containing a number of small rooms, perhaps shrines, as well as a blind room with no entrance, the whole of the building is left bare without a single inscription or decoration. Qasr Al-Sagha is a job never completed. "
So what makes this archaeological site peculiar? Several other reasons besides the location. Though it has been debatable for some time, scholars have agreed that it belongs to the Middle Kingdom. However, the purpose of the edifice is not known, or whether it is a temple or a palace. Containing a number of small rooms, perhaps shrines, as well as a blind room with no entrance, the whole of the building is left bare without a single inscription or decoration. Qasr Al-Sagha is a job never completed. "
See the above page for the rest of this short account.
The Faiyum Depression has archaeology dating back to the Palaeolithic, with Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic sites being of particular interest. Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Elinor Wright-Gardiner excavated here in the 1920s, publishing their finds in The Desert Faiyum in 1932, revealing details of extenisve Neolithic occupations in the Qasr el-Sagha area, and providing data about one of the earliest sites in Egypt where domesticated plants were cultivated. If it is of any interest, I've put more information about the prehistoric and Predynastic sites in the Faiyum and Cairo areas at the following site:
The Faiyum Depression has archaeology dating back to the Palaeolithic, with Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic sites being of particular interest. Gertrude Caton-Thompson and Elinor Wright-Gardiner excavated here in the 1920s, publishing their finds in The Desert Faiyum in 1932, revealing details of extenisve Neolithic occupations in the Qasr el-Sagha area, and providing data about one of the earliest sites in Egypt where domesticated plants were cultivated. If it is of any interest, I've put more information about the prehistoric and Predynastic sites in the Faiyum and Cairo areas at the following site:
www.faiyum.com.
- Daily Photo By Bob Partridge (ancient Egypt Magazine)
Qasr es Sagha, Faiyum Depression There have been many discussions about whether this is an Old Kingdom or Middle Kingdom temple, because there are no inscriptions to assist Click image to see a bigger version of the image With many thanks to Bob Partridge,...
- Daily Photo - Snapshots Of The Faiyum Today
The Faiyum Depression is located c85km to the southwest of Cairo. Thanks to a large Nile-fed lake (Birket Qarun) the area was occupied from prehistoric times onewards. Because the lake is fed by the Nile via a natural channel and not y artesian waters...
- The Endangered Faiyum
www.faiyum.com Geoffrey Tassie has written a paper, posted on the above page, which looks at the modern threat to the archaeology of the Faiyum. Here's his introduction: As already highlighted in the ECHO news article Faiyumi Sites to be placed on...
- Daily Photo: Karanis, Faiyum
Karanis is located at Kom Ushim in the Faiyum Depression, to the southwest of Cairo. It is a ruined Graeco Roman frontier settlement, one of the largest towns in the Faiyum, founded in the 3rd century BCE and home to around 3000 people. Mud brick walls...
- Qasr Qarun
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/qasrqarun.htm TourEgypt's most recent featured story concerns Qasr Qarun, the fortress and temples in the ancient town of Dionysius in the Faiyum depression, situated near the shores of modern shores of Lake...