US Edition10,000-Year-Old Symbols And Art Found in Egyptian Rock Formation
The site features carvings from prehistoric to Islamic times and is described as an open-air museum documenting millennia of civilization, Egypt's ministry said.
- On Thursday archaeologists announced a 10,000-year-old site on Sinai's Umm Irak Plateau, featuring a 100-metre rock formation with carvings from prehistoric to Islamic eras.
- Amid a Cairo megaproject to boost tourism near Saint Catherine, Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathi said the find links to heritage mapping, while Bedouin communities fear for ancestral land.
- Inside the shelter, archaeologists found red-pigment animal drawings, inscriptions in Arabic and the Nabataean language, plus animal droppings, stone partitions, and hearth remains confirming long-term use.
- Hisham El-Leithy described the site as an 'open-air natural museum' and called it a significant addition to Egypt's map of antiquities, highlighting its exceptional value.
- Framed as evidence of successive civilisations, the discovery may influence tourism development and local concerns in the Saint Catherine region, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said.
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Archaeologists find 10,000-year-old rock art in Egypt’s Sinai
Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the country's ministry of tourism and antiquities said Thursday. The previously unknown site located at Sinai's Umm Irak Plateau has a 100-metre-long rock formation whose diverse carvings trace the evolution of human artistic expression from prehistoric times to the Islamic era. The Supreme Council of Antiquities "has uncovered one of the most importa…
"The archaeological mission of Egypt has discovered one of the most important archaeological sites." Rupester paintings discovered in Sinai date from the period between 10,000 and 5,500 B.C.
New archaeological site discovered at Umm Arak Plateau in South Sinai
The Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities working in South Sinai has uncovered a new archaeological site of significant importance, the Umm Arak Plateau. The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Hesham al-Leithy, explained that the site is considered one of the most important rock art sites recently discovered. He noted that the chronological and technical diversity of the rock inscriptions o…
Discovery Reveals 10,000 Years of Rock Art in Sinai
The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, working in southern Sinai, has announced the discovery of one of the most important newly identified archaeological sites of exceptional historical and artistic value, previously unknown, known as the Umm ‘Iraq Plateau. Mr. Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, described the discovery as a significant qualitative addition to Egypt’s archaeological map, as it …
Buenos Aires, 13 February (NA) – An Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the discovery of one of the most important sites recently discovered in southern Sinai: the Umm ‘Iraq Plateau, an enclave with exceptional historical and artistic value that until now remained unknown. Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy described the discovery as “an important qualitative addition to the archaeological m…
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