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Looks like this thread hasn't been updated for a while. Anyways, I will add new links here, in case someone is checking the thread. All of these have updated Egypt information:
We thought it would be useful to collate the links to the current dig diaries and blogs.
Please feel free to add to this list. I believe this will be made a sticky.
Some are not in English but...
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Just to demonstrate that some archaeology is still happening over the summer I'd like to add to the list, the blog of the South Asasif Conservation Project directed by Dr Elena Pischikova.
Here is a list of the major Egyptian sites as found on Google Earth. As I find more I will add them to this post.
To use, just copy the two sets of figures, and then paste them into the search bar...
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Disregard the professor his coordinates are houses away, i can see the jeep they are:
25 42'56.87 N
32 37'.97'E
No wonder i get lost sometimes..la whaala...8)
Language
Arabic is the official language; English and French are used by an educated elite; Nobiin, Berber and Coptic are used for religious purposes.
Area size...
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It was interesting to note that the literacy rate for women was half that of men and that even in 2002 almost 60% of the female population could not read. As this would be a national rather than a...
Nome Name: Aned-Hetch
Capital: Ancient name: Enep-Heg or Ineb Hedj
Men-nefert or Men-nefer
Greek Name: MEMPHIS
Present Name:Miet Rahina or Mit Rahmin
Symbol: White Wall....
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I am just reading a book at the moment where the author uses the ancient names of towns in one place and then the modern names in others and seems to leave the Greek names out altogether. I have...
At 6am, Mohammed Ahmed Sayed Mohammed steers his boat from al-Qarsaya island through Cairo’s Nile waters towards the capital’s riverside clubs. Fifteen years ago, he searched for fish. Now he hunts...
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Since the dredging and lining up at the Checkpoint Bridge, the big canal moves an awful lot faster which is brill,
I shall take some pics soon... 8)
Having been here for a few years now except for those covid days, we or i am back on track.
The lift is now working and the 'roof-bar turnaround is soon to be started.
Whist up there I have decided...
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How does one turn in spell checking.?
This can be done at the operating system level and also depending on which Web browser you are using it can be anabked there as well.
Many of us will know that during Ramadan there are available temporary outlet units that sell essential food items for the poor, where such items are subsidised by the government. These places are...
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In my village everyone works, from toddlers to old ladies. All day long. (except for the afternoon kip)
At the end of our street is a pop-up cheap butchers during Ramadan as there is also an...
There appears to be some posts popping up on my Facebook page that are from Egyptian Government sources, in relation to the ongoing situation in Israel, Iran etc.
This one was posted 3 days ago,...
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The amazing fact about Egyptair flights is that they are all departing more or less on time. Considering most of the ME and some Asian flights that are running use the Egyptian corridor I think the...
On New Years Day I took my guests to Quorn Lola for a party, it's where the rich live.
Maria Golias' a fascinating American authors' home.
'She once let slip to me over a G&T that she was in a film...
We are hoping someone may help us here, we have lost touch with an elderly lady who was living in Luxor, we are concerned that she might have passed away, is there an obituary site in Luxor or Egypt...
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I asked around yesterday about the only Ingrid I knew, who ran the gift shop in The Marsam Hotel.
A lovely elegant 70ish Lady who obviously came from that part of the world.
Just wondering how much does it cost to send a child to school in Egypt? And is it compulsory or what happens if you can't afford to send your child to school are there home schooling options?
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Where I live Najar abu Ramadan is still a farming village, all be'it new villas are being built further down the canal.
We have had 6 tractors for years here working all over the west bank night and...
In the past few days the tomb of Amenhotep III in the Western Valley has been re-opened to the pubic. It been some twenty years since it was last opened for a short period, this was after a Japanese...
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I Used to be able to see The Colossus until the trees grew and blocked my view.
