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News Egypt » Faiyum: VIDEO: Paragliding attempt in Egypt’s Faiyum ends in disaster

News channel or source: https://english.alarabiya.net/variety/2017/01/28/VIDEO-Paragliding-attempt-in-Egypt-s-Faiyum-ends-in-catastrophically-

Published on: Friday 27 January 2017

Two Egyptian female students were left with broken bones and bruises after a paragliding ride ended in disaster. The two college students - Amani and Nouran Yasser - were visiting the scenic desert ...

News Egypt » Faiyum: Mummy Discovered in Egypt’s Faiyum Oasis

News channel or source: https://archaeology.org/news/2017/11/14/171114-egypt-mummy-faiyum2/

Published on: Monday 13 November 2017

CAIRO, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a mummy has been discovered at the Deir Al-Banat archaeological site in the Faiyum Oasis by a joint Russian-Egyptian team of researchers. Mostafa Waziri, ...

News Egypt » Faiyum: Catacomb-style building re-emerges from the sand to reveal ancient Egyptian coffins

News channel or source: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article269527637.html

Published on: Friday 02 December 2022

Archaeologists in Faiyum excavated a catacomb-style funeral building with several coffins from ancient Egyptian and Greek eras, photos show. Photo from Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

News Egypt » Faiyum: Necropolis found in Faiyum village

News channel or source: https://eturbonews.com/necropolis-found-faiyum-village/

Published on: Thursday 23 April 2009

An ancient necropolis consisting of 53 rock-cut tombs dating back to the Middle (ca. 2061-1786 BC) and New (ca. 1569-1081 BC) Kingdoms and the 22nd Dynasty (ca. An ancient necropolis consisting of 53 ...

News Egypt » Faiyum: ‘Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum’ opens Sunday at Walters Art Museum

News channel or source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2013/10/05/egypts-mysterious-book-of-the-faiyum-opens-sunday-at-walters-art-museum/

Published on: Friday 04 October 2013

Henry Walters and J.P. Morgan were frenemies. Both were the sons of powerful fathers. They didn’t come into their own until they reached middle age, when they were widely acknowledged as two of the ...

News Egypt » Faiyum: Egyptian 4,000-year-old pyramid opened to visitors

News channel or source: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1156177.shtml

Published on: Saturday 29 June 2019

Photo taken on June 28, 2019 shows relics unearthed from a tomb dating back to the Middle Kingdom era which is some 500 meters from the pyramid of Senusret II, the Pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty, in ...

News Egypt » Faiyum: Feature: eye-catching Egyptian antiquities of Greco-Roman eras shine again as museum reopens in Faiyum

News channel or source: https://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2016-11/04/content_39640368.htm

Published on: Thursday 03 November 2016

Amid the ruins of the Ptolemaic town of Karanis in Egypt's Faiyum governorate, a graceful museum that houses hundreds of priceless artifacts illustrating the daily life of the ancient inhabitants of ...

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