15 search results for "siwa"
Two Opposing Views on Egypt’s Tribal Tourism
Image by CharlesFred via Flickr Egypt Explores Tourism Beyond The Package Tour A budding eco-travel movement is emerging, almost unnoticed amid the bulging tour buses and packed cruise ships. Its leaders are trying to tap into the skills and knowledge of Egypt’s Bedouins and other tribal peoples, who have been all but ignored by the mainstream... »
Ecotourism dilemma in Egypt: Loving the oasis to death
Image via Wikipedia A quietly growing eco-tourism movement is beginning to bring smaller groups to more out-of-the-way parts of Egypt, the places package tour operators don’t visit. At the remote Dakhla Oasis, new eco-lodges have sparked both hope and apprehension among local villagers. Many villagers agree that Dakhla needs visitors to supplement the uncertain agriculture-based economy. But... »
Press Release- Alleged finds in Western Desert
I need to inform the public that recent reports published in newspapers, news agencies and TV news announcing that “twin brothers Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni have unearthed remains of the Persian army of Cambyses,” are unfounded and misleading. The brothers are not heading any archaeological mission in Berenike Panchrysos at the small Bahrin Oasis... »
Amazing discovery in Egypt’s western desert: Remains of vanished Persian army found
Breaking News: SCA announcement re Lost Army discovery The Supreme Council of Antiquities characterizes the following report as “unfounded and misleading”. Source: Egyptology News According to Herodotus (484-425 B.C.), Cambyses, the son of Cyrus the Great, sent 50,000 soldiers from Thebes to attack the Oasis of Siwa and destroy the oracle at the Temple of Amun after... »
Two more Egypt sites officially endangered by WHF
This week the World Heritage Fund (WHF) added two Egyptian sites to its watch list of endangered places: New Gourna Village in Luxor and the Old Mosque of Shali Fortress in Siwa, bringing the total number of sites in Egypt to 14. The Gourna Village The Gourna Village is one of the youngest sites recognized by... »
Ecotourism in Egypt: Siwa Oasis
Image via Wikipedia Visited by travelers as varied as backpackers and European royalty, Siwa is now being touted as a destination for ecotourism. Mounir Neamatalla, a U.S. educated Cairo native, hopes to make Siwa a model of sustainable development with private incentives and microfinance programs through his organization, EQI. Captivated on his first visit in 1996, Mr.... »
Egypt launches desert tourism promotion
After breaking the record for the fastest crossing of the Great Sand Sea last March 5, Egyptian adventurer Hesham Nessim plans to set another record on November 2009 in the Western Desert driving from Siwa to Abu Simbel. Nessim will be driving the “fastest” vehicle ever to cross the Egyptian Western Desert. If this adventure... »
200- year- old Egypt travel journal found
The 200-year-old travel diary of an Italian adventurer who explored Egypt has been uncovered in Pisa. The accidentally discovered journal was written by a Siena-born doctor, draughtsman and explorer named Alessandro Ricci, who set out for Egypt in 1817. Ricci’s journal covered a five-year period until 1822, describing his adventures and experiences in detail. He... »
The Egyptian Cultural Centre and Educational Bureau Egyptology programme for 2009
The Egyptian Cultural Centre and Educational Bureau in London is concerned mainly with promoting the Egyptian Culture in the United Kingdom, through developing links and exchanges between the two countries’ cultural institutions to help increase cultural awareness and build positive cultural and educational relations. The programme includes evening lectures as well as full days sessions... »
A trip to Siwa
Siwa, which in Berber signifies “prey bird”, is known to have been settled since at least the 10th millennium BC, its Ancient Egyptian name, Sekht-am, meaning “Palm Land”. This oasis, about 80km long and 20km wide, located nearly 50km east of the Libyan border between the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea, is... »
