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It also requires that the art is still there to be examined.
- Tourism: Rock Art Expedition
New Stuff (The Explorer School) We are tentatively putting together an expedition for later 2010 or early 2011 in search of Saharan engravings and rock art in the Gilf Kebir area of Egypt. This will be a proper three week expedition totally devoted to...
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Videos: Prehistoric Paintings, The Swimmers and The Beast in Gilf Kebir Heritage Key Thanks to Tass for sending me the link. This page a video from the Gilf Kebir showing (briefly) the Cave of Swimmers and (in much more detail) the Mestekawi Foggini cave,...
- In Pictures: Egypt's Hidden Treasures
BBC News A set of nice photographs from some of Egypt's more unusual places. Here's the text accompanying the first photograph, showing rock art at the Mestekawi-Foggini Cave: Egypt's western desert shelters a treasure trove of prehistoric...
- Weekly Websites
Continuing the Sunday listing of sites which I, or others, have visited during the previous week and have enjoyed or found of particular use. If anyone has any favourite sites please send them over. Boats of Egypt before the Old Kingdomhttp://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/Vinson-MA1987.pdf...
- Travel: The Gilf Kebir
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/tr1.htmAn article about the scenery and rock art of the Gilf Kebir: "Rock art is the oldest form of art left by the human race. While few countries are blessed with samples of such art, Egypt enjoys a handful of them....
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Video: Western Gilf Kebir
You TubeRegular visitors to the blog will know of my ongoing love affair with the Gilf Kebir area, so finding a video of the place was a briefly happy moment - but I nearly had heart failure at the shots of somewhat tracing over an image from the Mestekawi-Foggini Cave (the image on the right is a screen grab from the video). Tracing over an image is an intensively invasive procedure which can very easily harm the underlying original. In fact, watching this video it is difficult to see how the small figure beneath was not harmed, and it should be a wake up call to anyone lucky enough to visit these remote and and unsecured rock art sites - don't do it!
It also turns out that the beautiful vistas of the area don't lend themselves particularly well to amateur video - the only things that really move much in the desert are the cars, so there's lots of footage of vehicles crossing the desert and driving up wadis. However, it is still nice to see the desert going by, and the video does give a sense of the sheer complexity of the images in the Mestekawi cave. Here's the accompanying blurb:
It also turns out that the beautiful vistas of the area don't lend themselves particularly well to amateur video - the only things that really move much in the desert are the cars, so there's lots of footage of vehicles crossing the desert and driving up wadis. However, it is still nice to see the desert going by, and the video does give a sense of the sheer complexity of the images in the Mestekawi cave. Here's the accompanying blurb:
Discovered by Zarzora Expedition in 2002, the rock-art site of Mestekawi Cave, in northwest Gilf Kebir, is yet to be studied. Due to its remoteness, the site, like several other prehistoric remains, has been visited by only few hundreds of people. Most of those were tourists with general interest in rock-art. however, systematic examination requires sincere efforts, well-fitted logistics and precious time.
It also requires that the art is still there to be examined.
- Tourism: Rock Art Expedition
New Stuff (The Explorer School) We are tentatively putting together an expedition for later 2010 or early 2011 in search of Saharan engravings and rock art in the Gilf Kebir area of Egypt. This will be a proper three week expedition totally devoted to...
- Features
Videos: Prehistoric Paintings, The Swimmers and The Beast in Gilf Kebir Heritage Key Thanks to Tass for sending me the link. This page a video from the Gilf Kebir showing (briefly) the Cave of Swimmers and (in much more detail) the Mestekawi Foggini cave,...
- In Pictures: Egypt's Hidden Treasures
BBC News A set of nice photographs from some of Egypt's more unusual places. Here's the text accompanying the first photograph, showing rock art at the Mestekawi-Foggini Cave: Egypt's western desert shelters a treasure trove of prehistoric...
- Weekly Websites
Continuing the Sunday listing of sites which I, or others, have visited during the previous week and have enjoyed or found of particular use. If anyone has any favourite sites please send them over. Boats of Egypt before the Old Kingdomhttp://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/Vinson-MA1987.pdf...
- Travel: The Gilf Kebir
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/tr1.htmAn article about the scenery and rock art of the Gilf Kebir: "Rock art is the oldest form of art left by the human race. While few countries are blessed with samples of such art, Egypt enjoys a handful of them....