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Al Ahram Weekly (Ameera Fouad) Once upon a time, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus said he knew a fountain of the sun that ran coldest in the noontide heat. Once upon a time, Queen Cleopatra made herself a bath and a spring in which to bathe in the...
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- Development Of Pyramids Of Dashur
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- More Re Footprints In Siwa
Al Masry Alyoum Another article about the recent discovery of ancient footprints in the areas of Siwa Oasis. A photograph accompanies this brief piece, but it is not very clear. The Supreme Council of Antiquities archeological mission operating in Siwa...
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Two million year old footprint found?
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I've not read this report anywhere else, but it seems authentic enough. I assume that the provisional date has been put forward on the basis of the geological context.
A delegation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities has found what could be the oldest human footprint in history, Zahi Hawas, the Secretary-General for the organization said in a press conference Thursday. The footprint was found in Siwa, an oasis in the western Egyptian desert.
"The print could be two million years old and we are running tests on it, if our expectations are correct, it will be the oldest antiquity on earth," Hawas told reporters. "The footprint was imprinted on a clay-sand dried surface," he added.
The Council has established a new department for pre-historical antiquities recently to study and search for new discoveries from these eras.
- Travel : Siwa Oasis
Al Ahram Weekly (Ameera Fouad) Once upon a time, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus said he knew a fountain of the sun that ran coldest in the noontide heat. Once upon a time, Queen Cleopatra made herself a bath and a spring in which to bathe in the...
- Restoration: St Antony's Monastery, Eastern Desert
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas inaugurated on 21/1 / 2010 the restoration works and development of the monastery of St. Anthony at Red Sea. It is considered the first monastery in...
- Development Of Pyramids Of Dashur
Egypt State Information Service Dr. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the start of an international project to develop the area of Dahshor Pyramids, South of Sakkara. The job is to be carried out with five international...
- Months After Mummy Claim, Dna Science Still Lags
CTV.ca Months after Egypt boldly announced that archeologists had identified a mummy as the most powerful queen of her time, scientists in a museum basement are still analyzing DNA from the bald, 3,500-year-old corpse to try to back up the claim aired...
- More Re Footprints In Siwa
Al Masry Alyoum Another article about the recent discovery of ancient footprints in the areas of Siwa Oasis. A photograph accompanies this brief piece, but it is not very clear. The Supreme Council of Antiquities archeological mission operating in Siwa...