Egypt News » Faiyum News Egypt » Faiyum » History: Catacomb-style building re-emerges from the sand to reveal ancient Egyptian coffins
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 » History: Prehistoric Survey of Egypt and Western Asia Vol 1: Paleolithic Man and the Nile-Faiyum Divide; a Study of the Region during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times
THE Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago a few years ago began a prehistoric survey of Egypt and Western Asia under the direction of Dr. J. II. Breasted. It devoted attention first to the ...
News Egypt » Faiyum » History: Necropolis found in Faiyum village
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 » History: Paintings: Myopic Tribute
One of the most cosmopolitan outposts of the Roman Empire during the 1st to 4th centuries A.D. was Egypt’s Faiyum region, about 60 miles south of Cairo on the Nile. A fertile farming and business ...