Egypt western desert Golden Mummies Valley Egypt western desert Golden Mummies Valley is a huge burial site at Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt, discovered by Dr. Zahi Hawass in 1996. Hawass and his Egyptian team found around 250 mummies over several seasons; however, the site has more than this number – according […]
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Egypt western desert Great Sand Sea Egypt western desert Great Sand Sea is the second largest continous sand covered area on earth (after the Grand Erg Oriental, in Algeria). It is a huge mass of sand that originated in the chain of wind excavated depressions paralleling the Mediterranean coast from Jalo (Libya) to the Qattara […]
Egypt sinai flora Sinai is basically an area of desert – but due to its unique geographical position it contains an immense variety of different habitats that the term ‘desert’ encompasses. For the plant enthusiast, Sinai has much to offer. The Sinai Peninsula is part of Asia as well as the Mediterranean Basin and its […]
Egypt western desert Gilf El-Kebir Egypt western desert Gilf El-Kebir It a plateau that lies in the Uweinat Mountain on the border between Libya, Sudan and Egypt, particularly in the western part of the New Valley. It has been declared as a natural and cultural national park protected area in 2007. Thousands of tourists and […]
