Source: Orlando Sentinel
Saturday, July 17, 1999
Newly Discovered Cave In Egypt Dates To 7000 B.c.
Egyptian and Belgian archaeologists have unearthed a cave with primitive wall paintings that dates to 7000 B.C. near an ancient Red Sea port. Granite axes, knives and hunting tools were found in the Neolithic-era cave near al-Qoseir, 340 miles southeast of Cairo, Mohammed el-Saghir, head of the Egyptian archaeology department, said Friday. Another cave found 500 yards away was expected to yield similar results, el-Saghir said. Until the 10th century, al-Qoseir was the most important port on the Red Sea.
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Saturday, July 17, 1999
Newly Discovered Cave In Egypt Dates To 7000 B.c.
Egyptian and Belgian archaeologists have unearthed a cave with primitive wall paintings that dates to 7000 B.C. near an ancient Red Sea port. Granite axes, knives and hunting tools were found in the Neolithic-era cave near al-Qoseir, 340 miles southeast of Cairo, Mohammed el-Saghir, head of the Egyptian archaeology department, said Friday. Another cave found 500 yards away was expected to yield similar results, el-Saghir said. Until the 10th century, al-Qoseir was the most important port on the Red Sea.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Labels:
archeology,
cave,
Egypt
Location:
Caïro, Ismailia, Qasr an Nile, Caïro, Egypte