Ghannah Lodge’s daily weather report

Posted by: nuweiba | July 29, 2008
Nuweiba’s daily weather report

Today is again a very sunny day 36°C 

Winds: NNE at 28km/h

Tomorrow  
we expect a  40°C
 
Sunrise: 6:01 AM

  
Sunset: 7:34 PM

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nuweiba’s daily weather report

Today we enjoyed a beautifull sunrise at 5.56AM
Currently it is very sunny with 38°C  

38°C
A very small breeze from NE at 9km/h

During night time we perceved a 25°C with a amazing night sky – thousends of stars above.

At 7:44 PM the sunset paint the all environment in purper red nuances.

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“Lost” Pyramid Found Buried in Egypt

The pyramid of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been rediscovered after being buried for generations, archaeologists announced today.
The pyramid is thought to house the tomb of King Menkauhor, who is believed to have ruled in Egypt’s 5th dynasty for eight years in the mid-2400s B.C.
Long since reduced to its foundations, the structure was previously [...]

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Nuweiba’s daily weather report

The current weather is warm, a beautifull day full of sunshine and at the moment 14.00 we enjoy temperatures of 34°C; it’s breezy with winds from the NNE at 22 km/h.
The sea water is turqouise blue, attractif with temperatures of 23°C.

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Our Radio report from Nuweiba

We had the visit of reporter Filip Ledaine for the Belgian Radio in Ghannah Lodge.
listen to the daily report : Report on Radio 2 in the ‘De Madamen’

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Scobey hits Cairo

 
NEW US Ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey arrived in town this week at the start of a four-year diplomatic mission. Scobey’s tenure in Cairo is likely to be highly eventful, to say the least. Egypt and the US have not been in their best state of dialogue for the past five years due to wide [...]

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Clocks change

Get ready it’s daylight savings time.  Most of the European countries changed their clocks forward in the past week in line with the traditional daylight savings time.  Egypt will follow suit by changing the clocks forward one hour at midnight between 24th April and the 25th April.  Look forward to longer evenings and waking an [...]

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Students to test theory on how Egyptians built the pyramids

Pasadena Star

Silk kites and beer will be the tools of choice for Cal Poly Pomona students as they try to build a pyramid.

Architecture students in the cement and masonry structure class will construct a 106-ton pyramid without modern tools.

Instead, they will use a technique that could have been used by ancient Egyptians.

Maureen Clemmons, president of [...]

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Faiyum whales to become part of nature reserve

Egypt State Information Service

Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurates Sunday 10/2/2008 the International Whales Nature reserve of Al Fayoum in celebrations to be organized by the Environment Ministry on the occasion of the UNESCO’S choosing this nature reserve to join the list of the world nature heritage which comprises 259 such locations worldwide.
Environment Minister Maged George said [...]

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Neferetiti’s Eyes

Archaeology Magazine – Nefertiti’s Eyes (Earl R. Ertmman)
Archaeology has a feature in the March/April 2008 issue entitled Nefertiti’s Eyes, which you can see online at the above address.

Did the queen’s distinctive feature become a symbol of Egyptian royalty?

All eyes were on the Valley of the Kings the morning of February 5, 2006, when our expedition [...]

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