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<title><![CDATA[Land on the Qarun Lake]]></title>
<link>http://egyptrealestate.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/land-on-the-qarun-lake/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Masr International</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Land is available for sale on and near the Qarun Lake south-west of Cairo at prices ranging from 33 ]]></description>
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<p>Land is available for sale on and near the Qarun Lake south-west of Cairo at prices ranging from 33 to 286 EGP per square meter. Qarun is a large salt lake in a beautiful locale, with green farmlands on the southern shore and desert to the north. It is a popular bird watching destination, and sacred crocodiles were kept in the lake in the ancient times. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Moeris">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Moeris</a></p>
<p>1. Pictures 1-3: Located 10 kilometers from the Qarun Lake the land has the potential to be a quiet retreat in a green heaven.  Currently used for agricultural purposes with olive trees, wheat, tomatoes, watermelon, etc. Irrigation and electricity are available.</p>
<p>33 EGP a sq meter.</p>
<p>2. Pictures 4-5: One Feddan (roughly an acre, with 4200 sq meters per unit) enclosure with a house. Has mango, lemon, and palm frees. 2 kilometers from the Lake. Great place for a weekend house.</p>
<p>480,000 EGP (114 EGP a sq meter).</p>
<p>3. Pictures 6-7: A large land enclosure 2 kilometers from the Lake. Lemon, mango, and palm trees, beehives.</p>
<p>228 EGP per sq meter.</p>
<p>4. Pictures 8-9: Land in a premium location on the southern shore of Qarun Lake, close to Auberge Hotel. The location affords great view of the lake.</p>
<p>286 per sq meter.</p>

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<p>I still remember the first time I went to Qarun, it felt very special &#8211; and to this day remains one of the most beautiful places I have visited.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fayoum Ride Review]]></title>
<link>http://cairocyclists.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/fayoum-ride-review/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cool Rider</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cairocyclists.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/fayoum-ride-review/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[all that ends well does not necessarily start well. ROBERTO, HISHAM, MICHAEL, DAVID, SHERIF(helwan) ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[all that ends well does not necessarily start well. ROBERTO, HISHAM, MICHAEL, DAVID, SHERIF(helwan) ]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Fayoum, die größste Oase Ägyptens]]></title>
<link>http://reiseninaegypten.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/fayoum-die-grosste-oase-agyptens/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aegyptenreisen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reiseninaegypten.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/fayoum-die-grosste-oase-agyptens/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Die grünen Felder von Fayoum Wie eine flasche Schlüssel senkt sich rund 80 km südlich von Kairo das ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_47" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 473px"><a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-47" title="Die grünen Felder von Fayoum" src="http://reiseninaegypten.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/fayoum1.jpg" alt="Die grünen Felder von Fayoum" width="463" height="332" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Die grünen Felder von Fayoum</p></div>
<p>Wie eine flasche Schlüssel senkt sich rund 80 km südlich von Kairo das <a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com">Fayoum</a> etwa 45 km lang und 60 km bereit in das um 120 m hohe Plateau <a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com">der libyschen Wüste</a>. Über den Bahr Jusuf, den Josephs-Fluss, der den Nil in Mittelägypten bei Derut verläßt, am westlichen Wüstenrande entlangfließt und beim Orte Illahun die Randhügel  des Fayoum-Beckens durchstößt, wird die größste Oase des Landes bewässert. Tausende von Bächen und Bewässerungskanälen verströmen ständig ihr Wasser und ermöglicht die unsagbare Fruchtbarkeit auf den fetten Schwemmlandböden, die üppig alle Nutz- und Zierpflanzen gedeihen lassen und die Provinz heute mit Hilfe rationeller Bewirtsdiaftungsmethoden zum Garten Ägyptens gemacht haben.<br />
Im frühen Altertum hatte <a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com">der Karun-See </a>eine weit größere Ausdehnung, er bedeckte vielleicht einst das gesamte Oasenbecken, fast undurchdringliche Sumpf- und Papyrusdickichte überzogen damals die Ufer, die beliebten <a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com/Sightseeing/Fayoum_Kamelreiten_im_Wadi_El_Rayan_129.php">Jagdgebiete der Pharaonen</a> und Wohlhabenden des Alten Reiches. Es wimmelte von vielen Arten aller moglichen Tiere, von denen die Krokodile die grofiten waren. Deshalb wurde schon frühzeitig Gott Sobek zur Hauptgottheit des Fayum und seine Hauptstadt ihm zu Ehren aus Sdiedlt von den Griechen in Krokodilopolis umgetauft. »Großer See« hieß der Karun-See treffend bei den Ägyptern, moiris altägyptisch, aus dem koptisch pa-jom (»das Meer«) und arabisdi el-Fayum wurde. Sagen und Mythen rankten sich darum, wie wohl so viel Wasser in die Wüste gekommen sei. Es sei der flüssige Himmel der Himmelskuh, in dem sich der nun alte, in ein Krokodil verwandelte Sonnengott vor Gottern und Menschen verbarg, es sei ein Teil des Urozeans, des Nun, ein Geschenk der Gotter für Ägyptens Fruchtbarkeit, oder der See sei gar im Auftrage eines sagenhaften Königs Moeris** von Menschenhand ausgehoben worden und in seiner Mitte hätten auf zwei Pyramiden Standbilder des Königs gestanden, was Herodot schlankweg fiir die antike &#8220;Welt übernahm und so wohl den Mythos vom Urozean des Gottes Sobek mit der Urbarmachung während der 12. Dynastie verschmolz. Denn zu dieser Zeit begann unter Sesostris II. die Entwasserung und Kultivierung der riesenhaften Sumpfgebiete; er und spater Amenemhet III. legten am Eingang ins Fayum-Becken Dämme, Kanäle und Schleusenanlagen an, von denen bei Illahun nodi welche erhalten sind. Sie mußten den Einlauf des Wassers regulieren und vor allem bei sinkendem Nilstand die dorthin zurückflutenden Wassermassen aufhalten. Viel später verkleinerten durch Trockenlegung die Ptolemäer den See noch einmal, und als sie dann mazedonische Veteranen ansiedelten, entstand die blühende Garten- und Bauernlandsdiaft um die jetzt griechisch Arsinoe genannte Hauptstadt mit Getreide, Wein und Oliven, Baumwolle, Zuckerrohr, Reis, Mais, Orangen und Bananen.<br />
Im <a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com">Fayum</a> erriechteten mehrere Pharaonen ihre <a href="http://deutsch.memphistours.com">Pyramiden</a> und das sagenhafte Labyrinth (Abb. 74), man trifft nodi immer auf Ruinen von Tempelanlagen aus altägyptischer Zeit (Abb. 77) und wird sich auf Schritt und Tritt von der üppigen Fruchtlandschaft und den freundlidien Oasenbewohnern angesprochen fühlen. Zwei Besonderheiten fallen ins Auge: die Taubenhäuser, hier ganz eigenartig übereinandergesetzte Tontonnen, die den Tieren kühle Nistplätze schaffen (Abb. 76) &#8211; und die großen Wasserräder, Sakija, die, allein von der Stromung angetrieben, über Holzschotts oder mit an die Radfelgen angebundenen Tonkrügen das Wasser aus Kanälen auf die Felder heben (Abb. 78). Zwar stimmt es, daß das Fayum mehr &#62;Landschaft&#60; denn Sehenswürdigkeit ist und daß von den alten Bauten das meiste versdiwunden, im Schwemmlandboden untergegangen oder zerstört ist. Trotzdem wird ein Besuch der Oase zum Erlebnis werden, weil einem im Fayum das Alltagsleben am Wasser, auf Feldern und in den Gärten, auf den Märkten und in den Werkstatten der Handwerker lebendig vor Augen geführt wird, das man an den Grabwänden als Relief oder gemalt findet und das dort zu bewundern man nach Ägypten kam.<br />
Damit der Reisende seinen Fayum-Besuch ganz nach Interessenlage, Zeit und Laune individuell gestalten kann, nennen wir stichwortartig die sehenswerten Plätze.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Green Fields of Fayoum]]></title>
<link>http://memphistours.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/the-green-fields-of-fayoum/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>memphistours</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Green fields in Fayoum Flora, fauna and pharaonic treasures make Cairo&#8217;s closest oasis the]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Under Egyptens sand finns fortfarande mycket att hitta!]]></title>
<link>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/under-egyptens-sand-finns-fortfarande-mycket-att-hitta/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lundinorient</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/under-egyptens-sand-finns-fortfarande-mycket-att-hitta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bygg din resa - Vi skräddarsyr till hela Egypten: Klicka på Bilden Som jag skrivit förr så finns det]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Det snöade i Egypten - Sinai Berg]]></title>
<link>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/det-snoade-i-egypten-sinai-berg/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lundinorient</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/det-snoade-i-egypten-sinai-berg/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Det snöade nyligen på de högsta bergstopparna på Sinai-halvön. Och snön är mer användbar och värdefu]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Egyptens västra öken]]></title>
<link>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/egyptens-vastra-oken/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lundinorient</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/egyptens-vastra-oken/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ökensafari - Runt om i Egypten: Boka din resa hos oss: Klicka på bilden Cassandra Vivian The Western]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Umm el-Baragat (Tebtunis)]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/umm-el-baragat/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/umm-el-baragat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Umm el-Baragat (other spellings include Borigat, Burigat, Briegat) is the name for the modern villag]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kom el-Atl (Bacchias)]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/kom-el-atl/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/kom-el-atl/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A little to the south-east of Karanis, on the northern edge of the Faiyum, is the ancient town of Ba]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kom Ushim (Karanis)]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/kom-ushim/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/kom-ushim/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Kom Ushim (sometimes called Kom Aushim) is the first village to be reached when travelling the deser]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Qasr el-Sagha and Dimai]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/qasr-el-sagha-and-dimai/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/qasr-el-sagha-and-dimai/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Qasr el-Sagha Above the northern shore of Birket Qarun, in a now deserted and inhospitable area at t]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Qasr Qarun and Medinet Quta]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/qasr-qarun-and-medinet-quta/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/qasr-qarun-and-medinet-quta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Qasr Qarun Qasr Qarun (pronounced &#8216;asr &#8216;arun) is situated near the village of Qarun on t]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medinet Madi (Narmouthis)]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/medinet-madi/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/medinet-madi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Medinet Madi, one of the most important archaeological sites of the Faiyum region is situated 30km s]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medinet el-Faiyum ]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/medinet-el-faiyum/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/medinet-el-faiyum/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The capital town of the Faiyum region, Medinet el-Faiyum, was known in ancient times as Shedyt. Late]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Introduction to el-Faiyum]]></title>
<link>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/introduction-to-el-faiyum/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Su</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptsites.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/introduction-to-el-faiyum/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes known as &#8216;the garden of Egypt&#8217;, technically el-Faiyum is an oasis. Separated f]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Resedagbok från en utfärd på Nilen med Egyptenguiden]]></title>
<link>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/resedagbok-fran-en-utfard-pa-nilen-med-egyptenguiden/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lundinorient</dc:creator>
<guid>http://egyptenguiden.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/resedagbok-fran-en-utfard-pa-nilen-med-egyptenguiden/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bo lokalt hos befolkningen segla på Nilen i tre dagar? Vi skräddarsyr det mesta!:Klicka på Bilden De]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Country side...]]></title>
<link>http://blogitse.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/country-side/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>blogitse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogitse.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/country-side/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[in Fayoum area, south from Cairo&#8230;  ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://blogitse.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/283_elaimiaihmisia.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-147" title="283_elaimiaihmisia" src="http://blogitse.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/283_elaimiaihmisia.jpg" alt="" width="434" height="238" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://blogitse.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/283_aasilehmat.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-148  aligncenter" title="283_aasilehmat" src="http://blogitse.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/283_aasilehmat.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="242" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Market day...]]></title>
<link>http://blogitse.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/market-day/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>blogitse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogitse.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/market-day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;on the way to Lake Qarun, Fayoum, Egyt]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Burial chamber of Senusret II uncovered]]></title>
<link>http://pavementsofsilver.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/burial-chamber-of-senusret-ii-uncovered/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pavementsofsilver</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pavementsofsilver.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/burial-chamber-of-senusret-ii-uncovered/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From Egypt Daily News &#8211; Link to Article CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the buri]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>From Egypt Daily News &#8211; <a href="http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=16163">Link to Article</a></p>
<blockquote><p>CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the burial chamber and coffin of King Senusret II who was believed to have ruled Egypt from 1897 BC to 1878 BC, official MENA news agency reported on Sunday.</p>
<p>The burial chamber was found in Al Lahun, the town built by Senusret which became Egypt&#8217;s political capital during the 12th and 13th dynasties, and where the king built his pyramid.</p>
<p>&#8220;The coffin is made of pink granite and the burial chamber is lined with red granite,&#8221; said Ahmed Abdel Aal, head of antiquities in Fayoum, south of Cairo.</p>
<p>The team also discovered &#8220;corridors and passageways inside the pyramid built to mislead thieves,&#8221; Abdel Aal said.</p>
<p>Wooden parts belonging to the king&#8217;s boat were also found as well as alabaster and ceramic containers decorated with hieroglyphs.</p>
<p>Senusret II was known for launching major irrigation projects in the Fayoum area, turning vast areas of marshland into cultivable land. –AFP</p></blockquote>
<p>I await more news with interest, and will post anything I find, as I&#8217;m sure this has already been discovered???</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La vallée des baleines]]></title>
<link>http://pietonnecairote.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/la-vallee-des-baleines/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bsaouter</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[  Lever 6 heures. Départ à 6h30 avec un jeune homme en gallabeya vert clair, conducteur d&#8217;une ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pigeonnier du Fayoum]]></title>
<link>http://pietonnecairote.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/pigeonnier-du-fayoum/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bsaouter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pietonnecairote.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/pigeonnier-du-fayoum/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Il y a sur la rue du Nil, en remontant vers le pont de l&#8217;Université, un bateau qui porte le d]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fayoum - The Egyptian mummy portraits restored somewhat.]]></title>
<link>http://probaway.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/fayoum-the-egyptian-mummy-portraits-restored-somewhat/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://probaway.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/fayoum-the-egyptian-mummy-portraits-restored-somewhat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today there were some portraits of the 2000 year old Egyptian Fayoum wax portraits in the news. They]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Today there were some portraits of the 2000 year old Egyptian Fayoum wax portraits in the news. They are intriguing but they have suffered some deterioration so I found some of them on the internet at Wikipedia and here is my attempt to return them to a little closer to the way they appeared when they were first created. This is a couple  hours work on each portrait at a much higher resolution than shown here. They are not perfect but they are a bit closer to the original intent without the cracks, scrapes and holes. Taking away all of the imperfections acquired from two thousand years  of aging seems to make them seem more like real people just like you would meet everyday. However, these people are fully one thirtieth of the way back to our original human ancestors which are generally thought to come into being about sixty thousand years ago. They are of course completely like us except for year and place of their birth. One would wonder just how different those first speaking humans would look. Some of these paintings look remarkably like some more modern artists.</p>
<p><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fayum-01.jpg/150px-Fayum-01.jpg&#38;imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum&#38;h=193&#38;w=150&#38;sz=12&#38;hl=en&#38;start=83&#38;sig2=9G4RyBJrrrBF8qKsemNnzw&#38;um=1&#38;tbnid=YmhAKcmig_dpFM:&#38;tbnh=103&#38;tbnw=80&#38;ei=3z1dSJviMIWmpATC1rHFBA&#38;prev=/images%3Fq%3DFaiyum%26start%3D72%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-635" src="http://probaway.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/portrait_du_fayoum_01-b-350.jpg" alt="Portrait du Fayoum " width="350" height="516" /></a></p>
<p>Faiyum <a title="Portrait du Fayoum " href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fayum-01.jpg/150px-Fayum-01.jpg&#38;imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum&#38;h=193&#38;w=150&#38;sz=12&#38;hl=en&#38;start=83&#38;sig2=9G4RyBJrrrBF8qKsemNnzw&#38;um=1&#38;tbnid=YmhAKcmig_dpFM:&#38;tbnh=103&#38;tbnw=80&#38;ei=3z1dSJviMIWmpATC1rHFBA&#38;prev=/images%3Fq%3DFaiyum%26start%3D72%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN">mummy portrait </a></p>
<p><a title="Portrait du Fayoum " href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fayum-01.jpg/150px-Fayum-01.jpg&#38;imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum&#38;h=193&#38;w=150&#38;sz=12&#38;hl=en&#38;start=83&#38;sig2=9G4RyBJrrrBF8qKsemNnzw&#38;um=1&#38;tbnid=YmhAKcmig_dpFM:&#38;tbnh=103&#38;tbnw=80&#38;ei=3z1dSJviMIWmpATC1rHFBA&#38;prev=/images%3Fq%3DFaiyum%26start%3D72%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN"></a>is in the <a title="Louvre" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre">Louvre</a> in Paris</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:R%C3%B6misch-%C3%84gyptischer_Meister_001.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-637" src="http://probaway.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/portrait-romisch-agyptischer_meister_001-b350.jpg" alt="Portrait Romische Agyptischer " width="350" height="526" /></a></p>
<p>Mummy portrait <a title="Portrait with curly hair." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faiyum_mummy_portraits">Romisch Agyptischer</a> Meister</p>
<p>This portrait is in the <a title="Metropolitan Museum of Art" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fayum-boy-MNW.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-638" src="http://probaway.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/portrait_fayum-boy-mnw_c350.jpg" alt="fayum boy " width="350" height="471" /></a></p>
<p>Portrait of a boy,</p>
<p><a class="mw-redirect" title="National Museum in Warsaw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_in_Warsaw">National Museum in Warsaw</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fayum-01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-639" src="http://probaway.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/portrait-fayum-01_a350.jpg" alt="portrait fayum boy with white toga " width="350" height="450" /></a></p>
<p>Faiyum mummy portrait of a young man,</p>
<p>In the <a title="Staatliche Antikensammlungen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatliche_Antikensammlungen">Antikensammlungen Munich</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fayum-11.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-640" src="http://probaway.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/portrait-fayum-11_a350.jpg" alt="portrait fayum of a lady " width="350" height="604" /></a></p>
<p>Portrait of a Roman lady in Egypt.</p>
<p>In the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Museum of Scotland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Museum_of_Scotland">Royal Museum of Scotland</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Portrait_du_Fayoum_02.JPG"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-641" src="http://probaway.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/portrait_du_fayoum_02_b350.jpg" alt="Portrait du fayoum " width="350" height="603" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Fayum mummy portraits " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faiyum_mummy_portraits">Portrait du Fayoum </a>2nd century,</p>
<p>This painting is in the <a title="2nd century" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_century">2nd century</a>, <a title="Louvre" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre">Louvre</a>, <a title="Paris" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris">Paris</a>., Paris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sand and Scales]]></title>
<link>http://roboticdeer.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/sand-and-scales/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lissie</dc:creator>
<guid>http://roboticdeer.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/sand-and-scales/</guid>
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