Egypt
- Feature: Working The Quarries Of Aswan
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) Quarries, often ignored, were a crucial part of Egypt. It was from these sites that the precious raw materials and minerals used in the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks was hewn thousands...
- More Re Edfu Excavations
University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) An Oriental Institute expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Adelaide Now (Jessica Hurt) Aswan was originally known as Swenet, a frontier town of ancient Egypt. Its quarries were celebrated for their stone, especially the granitic rock called syenite. Their stone was used in the colossal statues, obelisks and shrines...
- Global Tourism Response To Crises
http://tinyurl.com/p6wby (swissinfo.org)A short but interesting article about the recent annual meeting of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) at Pontresina, Switzerland. It cites the two most notorious attacks in Egypt...
- Pharaoh's Glories Come To Basel
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4848659 From the SwissInfo website: "The most important exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts to be seen in Europe for over 20 years has opened in Basel. 'Tutankhamun – the Golden...
Egypt
Unearthing Aswan's past
http://tinyurl.com/qlvsv (swissinfo.org)
"Swiss archaeologists are joining the scramble to recover invaluable ancient remains in Egypt before they are lost forever beneath modern developments.
Cornelius von Pilgrim is leading efforts to unearth evidence of how people lived thousands of years ago near the southern city of Aswan. 'Many ancient towns are being covered by modern towns with deep foundations that destroy the ancient remains,' von Pilgrim told swissinfo. The archaeologist from the Swiss Institute for Egyptian Architectural and Archaeological Research in Cairo has been working alongside Egyptian experts for the past six years in Aswan."
Cornelius von Pilgrim is leading efforts to unearth evidence of how people lived thousands of years ago near the southern city of Aswan. 'Many ancient towns are being covered by modern towns with deep foundations that destroy the ancient remains,' von Pilgrim told swissinfo. The archaeologist from the Swiss Institute for Egyptian Architectural and Archaeological Research in Cairo has been working alongside Egyptian experts for the past six years in Aswan."
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- Feature: Working The Quarries Of Aswan
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) Quarries, often ignored, were a crucial part of Egypt. It was from these sites that the precious raw materials and minerals used in the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks was hewn thousands...
- More Re Edfu Excavations
University of Chicago Chronicle (William Harms) An Oriental Institute expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. The discovery provides...
- Travel: Nile Cruise
Adelaide Now (Jessica Hurt) Aswan was originally known as Swenet, a frontier town of ancient Egypt. Its quarries were celebrated for their stone, especially the granitic rock called syenite. Their stone was used in the colossal statues, obelisks and shrines...
- Global Tourism Response To Crises
http://tinyurl.com/p6wby (swissinfo.org)A short but interesting article about the recent annual meeting of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) at Pontresina, Switzerland. It cites the two most notorious attacks in Egypt...
- Pharaoh's Glories Come To Basel
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4848659 From the SwissInfo website: "The most important exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts to be seen in Europe for over 20 years has opened in Basel. 'Tutankhamun – the Golden...