{"id":625075,"date":"2018-09-26T04:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/26\/new-archaeological-discovery-tops-coverage-of-egypt-in-intl-headlines\/"},"modified":"2018-09-26T04:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T04:19:00","slug":"new-archaeological-discovery-tops-coverage-of-egypt-in-intl-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/26\/new-archaeological-discovery-tops-coverage-of-egypt-in-intl-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"New archaeological discovery tops coverage of Egypt in int\u2019l headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discovery of \u201cmassive\u201d ancient building tops headlines on Egypt: <\/strong>Leading coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning is an AP report<\/a> about the discovery of a \u201cmassive\u201d ancient building just 20 km outside of Cairo in what was once Ancient Memphis. Supreme Antiquities Council boss Mostafa Waziri said that \u201cthe building likely a part of the residential block in the area.\u201d ABC News<\/a>, the New York Times<\/a> and Washington Post<\/a>all picked up the wire report. The Independent<\/a> also covered the story.<\/p>\n

This comes as we hear that the Aswan Dam is apparently behind rising groundwater levels that are threatening to erode the temple of Kom Ombo<\/strong> in Upper Egypt and other sites along the banks of the Nile, Declan Walsh writes for the New York Times<\/a>. The construction of the High Dam in 1971 allowed Egyptians to expand their cultivable land out to the desert landscape where many ancient temples had been built and preserved over the years. \u201cToday the temples are hemmed in by lush fields, farmhouses and a country of nearly 100 mn people.\u201d Climate change and untreated sewage from informal housing have also exacerbated the problem. \u201cWater has penetrated the sandstone foundations, combining with salt and heat to scrub some hieroglyphs from the temple walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other headlines worth noting in brief:<\/p>\n