Egypt
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- The Merowe Dam On The Nile
Egittologia (Amelia Carolina Sparavigna) This article is written in rather broken English (though much, much better than my Italian!) but is well worth persevering with because it makes some very important points about the way in which dam-formed lakes...
- Online: Country Life In Ancient Egypt
Giza Archives Project (PDF) COUNTRY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Picture Book NO. 2 PREPARED BY DR. WILLIAM STEVENSON SM ITH, CURATOR OF EGYPTIAN ART IN THE MUSEUM PRODUCED BY THE MERIDEN GRAVURE CO., MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT Egypt has rightly...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Vancouver Sun (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Deadly Creatures Of The Desert
New Stuff () A short overview on the Explorer School's blog of some of the deadlier occupants of the Egyptian deserts. In the last five years of desert exploration and travel I have seen one scorpion and one horned viper. I have seen sand viper tracks...
- 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...
Egypt
Travel Item: A tour to Egypt
http://www.salisburypost.com/lifestyle/344100661525511.php
"From the air, we had seen the dark fertile soil and green fields and trees which covered both sides of the Nile, contrasting with the reddish desert sand everywhere else. The sand or sandstone is a natural border, which constitutes the easternmost extension of the Sahara Desert. But the fertile soil is clearly intrusive and is regarded as a gift from the Nile. All along the river are small towns, large cities, farms, power plants and various industries, all supported by the life-giving waters of the Nile".
- The Merowe Dam On The Nile
Egittologia (Amelia Carolina Sparavigna) This article is written in rather broken English (though much, much better than my Italian!) but is well worth persevering with because it makes some very important points about the way in which dam-formed lakes...
- Online: Country Life In Ancient Egypt
Giza Archives Project (PDF) COUNTRY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Picture Book NO. 2 PREPARED BY DR. WILLIAM STEVENSON SM ITH, CURATOR OF EGYPTIAN ART IN THE MUSEUM PRODUCED BY THE MERIDEN GRAVURE CO., MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT Egypt has rightly...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Vancouver Sun (Mark Angelo) As our plane approached the town of Aswan in southern Egypt, I could see the meandering Nile below. Beyond the line of the river and the green ribbon of lush irrigated lands that paralleled it, there was nothing but the vast...
- Deadly Creatures Of The Desert
New Stuff () A short overview on the Explorer School's blog of some of the deadlier occupants of the Egyptian deserts. In the last five years of desert exploration and travel I have seen one scorpion and one horned viper. I have seen sand viper tracks...
- 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...