In 1977, a Man Left a Message in a Bottle. 50 Years Later, a Bedouin Found It in the Middle of the Desert
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A glass bottle found in a remote region in the Western Desert of Egypt kept a message written in May 1977. Almost five decades later, the small role not only survived time, but also allowed to identify the man who wrote it and reach his family in Malta. Like the glass bottle...
A glass bottle lay untouched in the western desert of Egypt for nearly fifty years until it was discovered by Suleiman Zidan, an experienced Bedouin guide. The bottle contained a short message written in May 1977, which eventually led the finders all the way to Malta. Born and raised in the Rashaida tribe, Zidan knows the Wadi Jadid region well, and during his expeditions he regularly finds traces of old caravan routes […]
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Portal GMC OnlineFound in Egypt, a 1977 note bottle mobilized an international investigation and revealed the life story of a geophysicist.
Suleiman Zidan was exploring forgotten paths through the vast Egyptian Western Desert when he spotted an old glass bottle on a rocky ridge...
During one of his trips through the remote region of Wadi Jadid, he noticed an unusual artifact among the metal boxes, high on a rocky ridge.
A Bedouin guide from Egypt discovered, in an isolated area of the Western Desert, a bottle containing a note written in 1977 by a man from Malta. The message, preserved for almost 50 years, subsequently led to the identification of his family.
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