Are you looking for a hotel?
Find hotel offers, reviews, discussions, photos and lots more on one page.
Or maybe you are thinking about renting a flat.
Read discussions, check offers, find real estate agents, everything you need displayed in one place.
This is a brand new way of showing different kinds of information.
We hope you love it and we are waiting for your feedback.
people are saying -->
Carol: El Gouna is like the Cannes or Puerto Banus of Egypt.
It's popular with people from across Europe, and also with the wealthy Egyptians.
It's here for the long term. more...
Francis: Visited El Gouna and stayed at the Movenpick so I ate in downtown El Gouna at Athena Greek restaurant. The food was great as I love Greek food and the restaurant was quite but nice and cosy.
I would recommend this restaurant.. more...
Transferred from http://www.spotredsea.com/
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Book & Travel and Business Finder in Hurghada
best place to sell and buy your stuff online
RedSea-Market
is an online classifieds directory targeted to the Red Sea area,
you can post your own items for sale or use our directory to browse for other peoples stuff offered for sale.
accessoires
apartment
bed
boat
business
camera
car
chair
children
decor
diving
education
equipment
flat
furniture
garden
hand made
home
house
job job
kitchen
land
mirror
office
pool
rent
sea view
shop
sofa
sport
villa
yacht
Transferred from http://www.redsea-market.com/
Red Sea Diving
Dive For The Five Best Reasons
Starting the Diver Dream
1- You will get certified as a National Geographic Diver at no extra costs!
Starting the Diver Dream
1- You will get certified as a National Geographic Diver at no extra costs!
2- You will make five dives instead of four. One additional logged dive in your first logbook!
3- No pool training -all dives will be conducted in the sea. No tiles,but corals & fish!
4- You will be trained in one of the first career development centres in Egypt!
5- After certification get a discount in all our dive branches on daily diving and continuing education!
As a Qualified Diver get more out of your holiday
1- Feel free to explore our House Reef at your own pace, at your own leisure, for your own pleasure with an unlimited house reef diver package.
1- Feel free to explore our House Reef at your own pace, at your own leisure, for your own pleasure with an unlimited house reef diver package.
2- Get the benefits of diving Enriched Air for all your daily diving for free*
3- Enjoy your daily diving to the max, see more, learn more, and experience more with the expertise of our professional Red Sea dive guides.
4- Upgrade and dive ‘diamond’ with our first-class Diamond diving service on request.
5- Hop on our daily scheduled boats to Tiran and Ras Mohammed and dive some of the top ten diving sites in the world every day.
Diving Centers/Sports
Dahab
El Gouna
Hurghada
Marsa Alam
Noweiba
Quseir
Ras Sudr
Safaga
Sharm El Sheikh
Taba
Dahab
El Gouna
Hurghada
Marsa Alam
Noweiba
Quseir
Ras Sudr
Safaga
Sharm El Sheikh
Taba
Transferred from www.touregypt.net and www.redseacollege.com
Hotel reservations
Hurghada Hotels
Pyramisa Sahl Hasheesh
Hurghada Marriott Beach Resort
LTI Dana Beach Resort
Red Sea Grand Resort
Siva Grand Beach Hotel
Sunrise Garden Beach Resort
Sunrise Mamlouk Palace Resort
The Oberoi Sahl Hasheesh
Fort Arabesque Hotel
Sunrise Holidays Resort
Titanic Beach Spa & Aqua Park
Three Corners Rihana Resort
InterContinental Abu Soma Resort
Palm Beach Resort
PrimaSol Beach Albatros
Moevenpick Elgouna
Triton Empire Beach Resort
Triton Empire Beach Resort
Hilton Hurghada Resort
Shedwan Garden Hotel
more on Hurghada
www.tripadvisor.com
El Gouna Hotels
Iberotel Makadi Oasis & Family Resort
Jaz Makadi Star
Sol y Mar Solaya
Sol y Mar Solitaire
Hilton Hurghada Resort
Iberotel Coraya Beach Resort
Hurghada Marriott Red Sea Resort
Beach Albatros Hotel
Iberotel Makadi Beach
Sol y Mar Club Makadi
more on El Gouna
About Elgouna
The El Gouna StoryEl Gouna had its beginnings in one man’s search to find the most beautiful spot on the seaside to build a house and small boat jetty. Around two decades ago Samih Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Hotels & Development, El Gouna’s parent company, found that beautiful spot, conveniently located just north of Hurghada on the west coast of the Red Sea. It wasn’t long before Sawiris’ friends, struck by the splendor of the azure waters and dramatic backdrop of mountains, asked to join him. In this way the town slowly blossomed into the vibrant community it is today, fulfilling Sawiris’ and OHD’s vision of “carving paradise out of the desert.”
Today’s El Gouna is home to 14 spectacular hotels built along 10 kilometers of beachfront and spreads across islands interlinked by lagoons. Neighborhoods of attractive villas and apartments bustle with the activity of entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, sports enthusiasts and other individuals and families from all over the world who have made El Gouna their permanent or vacation home. The town is easily accessed from Europe via the nearby Hurghada International Airport and boasts a superb infrastructure and excellent services as well as natural beaches and year-round sunshine.
El Gouna is immaculately maintained and has a wide variety of activities and entertainment options, world-class cuisine and an exciting nightlife. It is also the perfect jumping-off point to experience the many historical, archeological and cultural treasures of Egypt. These aspects, as well as the stunning natural and architectural beauty of the resort, combine to make El Gouna the Red Sea’s premier leisure destination.
Transferred from www.elgouna.com
Hurghada Travel Guide
It lies 395km south of Suez, and is noted for its magnificent summer and winter climate. The clarity of its water made it a centre of tourist attraction especially for divers and practicing water sports because of the worldwide fame of its coral reefs and rare marine life it enjoys.
Visitors can watch the exquisite underwater marine life through well-equipped glass bottom submarines.
Hurghada has a large number of hotels and tourist resorts of different categories, as well as well -equipped diving centers offering facilities for aquatic sports,in addition to restaurants and bazaars.
There is also the Aquarium which houses the most wonderful marine species especially the mermaid. National and international fishing contests are held in Hurghada.It is connected with Luxor by paved road across Safaga / Qena / Luxor.Daily sightseeing tours to
Luxor can be arranged.A cruise service connects Hurghada with Sharm Al-Sheikh,the cruise takes 90 minutes by ferr.
The Red Sea region abounds in monuments of the various historical eras.
Pharaonic and Roman antiquities
There is a collection of Pharaonic inscriptions in Um AL-Fawageer in Wadi El-Hamamat 235km south Hurghada, in addition to Roman ruins(71 km south of Hurghada),and the remains of Roman temples in Gabal EI-Dokhan (65km north of Hurghada).
Christian Monuments
St. Antonius's Monastery: on Za'afarana / Koreimat road, 50km north of Za'farana. It lies at the footl of the mountain below a high hillock overlooking the sea.
This monastery is considered one of the largest and oldest Christian monasteries as its construction dates back to the 4th century.
St. Paula's Monastery: On the Ra'as Ghareb / Za'afarana road. Its construction dates back to the end of the 4th century.
lslamic Monuments
One of the most important Islamic monuments in the east desert is the shrine of Sheikh Abuel Hassan AL-Shazli,150km from Marsa Alam City. It dates back to 656 Higri.
The tower of Sultan Selim in Al Qusseir,140km south of Hurghada.
The Red Sea Isles
There are about 24 isles possessing a plant and ecological environment on the surface.
Most important of them are:
- Al-Zabargad isle in front of Bernese coast.
- Al-Geftone isle in front of Hurghada coast.
- Abu Menkar isle in front of Hurghada Sheraton.
Diving sites
The Red Sea was created by the movement of plates on the Earth's surface about 30 million years ago.At that time, the Arabian Peninsula started to part from Africa along a thin break line which was filled by the ocean's water. However, "Mother Nature" did not stop there.
Twenty million years ago another geological movement started. The Arabian Peninsula which parted from Africa started to move to the North.That movement struck resistance in Turkey and swung to the East, and another break line was formed.
This one stretching all the way from the Northern part of Israel, through the Jordan valley to the Dead Sea, and finally through the Gulf of Aqaba to Ras Mohamad at the Southern point of the Sinai. The young age of the Gulf of Aqaba is what makes it so deep,100 meters in Dahab and 1800 meters North of the Straits of Tiran.
On the other hand,the old Gulf of Suez is relatively shallow, with 85 meters maximum depth. The Red Sea is still widening at about one half inch per year, the rift is the youngest region of continental breakup on the planet, allowing geologists to learn about processes that occurred in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans hundreds of millions of years earlier.
Diving locations, south of Hurghada
- Al-Gona.
- East of blenda coral reef.
- Abu –Ramada Grana coral reef .
- Abu Hasish Island coral reef.
- West of blenda coral reef.
- South west Abu-Ramada coral reef .
- Megawish Island coral reef .
Diving locations North of Hurghada
- Abu-Monkar coral reef .
- Abu katra coral reef .
- Abu Nahass coral reef.
- Um –Kamar coral reef .
- Al-oroof coral reef
- Al-Fanadeer coral reef .
- Abu-Monkar coral reef .
- Abu-Nekad coral reef .
- Tall coral reef.
- North of Al-Geftoon coral reef.
- Major Seol coral reef.
- Minor Seol cora reef
Transferred from http://www.sis.gov.eg/
Visitors can watch the exquisite underwater marine life through well-equipped glass bottom submarines.
Hurghada has a large number of hotels and tourist resorts of different categories, as well as well -equipped diving centers offering facilities for aquatic sports,in addition to restaurants and bazaars.
There is also the Aquarium which houses the most wonderful marine species especially the mermaid. National and international fishing contests are held in Hurghada.It is connected with Luxor by paved road across Safaga / Qena / Luxor.Daily sightseeing tours to
Luxor can be arranged.A cruise service connects Hurghada with Sharm Al-Sheikh,the cruise takes 90 minutes by ferr.The Red Sea region abounds in monuments of the various historical eras.
Pharaonic and Roman antiquities
There is a collection of Pharaonic inscriptions in Um AL-Fawageer in Wadi El-Hamamat 235km south Hurghada, in addition to Roman ruins(71 km south of Hurghada),and the remains of Roman temples in Gabal EI-Dokhan (65km north of Hurghada).
Christian Monuments
St. Antonius's Monastery: on Za'afarana / Koreimat road, 50km north of Za'farana. It lies at the footl of the mountain below a high hillock overlooking the sea.
This monastery is considered one of the largest and oldest Christian monasteries as its construction dates back to the 4th century.
St. Paula's Monastery: On the Ra'as Ghareb / Za'afarana road. Its construction dates back to the end of the 4th century.
lslamic Monuments
One of the most important Islamic monuments in the east desert is the shrine of Sheikh Abuel Hassan AL-Shazli,150km from Marsa Alam City. It dates back to 656 Higri.
The tower of Sultan Selim in Al Qusseir,140km south of Hurghada.
The Red Sea Isles
There are about 24 isles possessing a plant and ecological environment on the surface.
Most important of them are:
- Al-Zabargad isle in front of Bernese coast.
- Al-Geftone isle in front of Hurghada coast.
- Abu Menkar isle in front of Hurghada Sheraton.
Diving sites
The Red Sea was created by the movement of plates on the Earth's surface about 30 million years ago.At that time, the Arabian Peninsula started to part from Africa along a thin break line which was filled by the ocean's water. However, "Mother Nature" did not stop there.
Twenty million years ago another geological movement started. The Arabian Peninsula which parted from Africa started to move to the North.That movement struck resistance in Turkey and swung to the East, and another break line was formed.
This one stretching all the way from the Northern part of Israel, through the Jordan valley to the Dead Sea, and finally through the Gulf of Aqaba to Ras Mohamad at the Southern point of the Sinai. The young age of the Gulf of Aqaba is what makes it so deep,100 meters in Dahab and 1800 meters North of the Straits of Tiran.
On the other hand,the old Gulf of Suez is relatively shallow, with 85 meters maximum depth. The Red Sea is still widening at about one half inch per year, the rift is the youngest region of continental breakup on the planet, allowing geologists to learn about processes that occurred in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans hundreds of millions of years earlier.
Diving locations, south of Hurghada
- Al-Gona.
- East of blenda coral reef.
- Abu –Ramada Grana coral reef .
- Abu Hasish Island coral reef.
- West of blenda coral reef.
- South west Abu-Ramada coral reef .
- Megawish Island coral reef .
Diving locations North of Hurghada
- Abu-Monkar coral reef .
- Abu katra coral reef .
- Abu Nahass coral reef.
- Um –Kamar coral reef .
- Al-oroof coral reef
- Al-Fanadeer coral reef .
- Abu-Monkar coral reef .
- Abu-Nekad coral reef .
- Tall coral reef.
- North of Al-Geftoon coral reef.
- Major Seol coral reef.
- Minor Seol cora reef
Transferred from http://www.sis.gov.eg/
About The Red Sea
To anyone standing on its shore and gazing out across its heavenly waters, the Red Sea may seem to be a mislabeling. Its blueness is eternal and anything less red cannot be fantasized. The Red Sea, where the desert meets the ocean, is truly one of the planet’s most exotic and fascinating natural seascape environments. The Red 
Sea is located between Asia and Africa. At its most northerly point forms the Sinai Peninsula and stretches over 1000 miles south to join the Indian Ocean, between Ethiopia and Yemen. In the north and west are desert plains, while in the south a mountainous region (2642 meters high), which is part of the mountain range stretching from deep in Saudi Arabia, across the Sinai and then into Nubia of the African continent. The Red Sea holds beneath its crystal blue surface an oasis of living creatures, reefs, and coral formation. Its use as a highway between East and West has attracted man since the beginning of time.
The Red Sea was created by the movement of plates in the Earth’s surface about 30 million years ago. In that time, the Arab peninsula started to part from Africa along a thin break line which was filled by the ocean’s water. However, "Mother Nature" did not stop there. Twenty million years ago another geological movement started. The Arab peninsula which parted from Africa, started to move to the north. That movement struck resistance in Turkey and swung to the east, and another break line was formed. This one stretching all the way from the northern part of Israel, through the Jordan valley to the Dead Sea, and finally through the Gulf of Eilat to Ras Mohamad at the southern point of the Sinai. The young age of the Gulf of Eilat is what makes it so deep, 100 meters in Dahab and 1800 meters north of the Straits of Tiran. On the other hand, the old Gulf of Suez is relatively shallow, with a 85 meters maximum depth. The Red Sea is still widening at about one-half inch per year, the rift is the youngest region of continental breakup on the planet, allowing geologists to learn about processes that occurred in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans hundreds of millions of years earlier.
Water temperatures in the Red Sea remain unusually constant year round, averaging 22^ C in the summer. Low pressure systems develop in the Sahara Desert and draw hot dry east winds from Asia which cause the temperature to rise frequently along with sand storms. At the same time, lows develop over the Red Sea, bringing moist cold air from the south and creating clouds, haze, and more often rain. The northern land mass is the primary influence over temperature in the gulf, but this decreases to the south the closer you get to open sea. The open sea’s cooling effect creates an interesting temperature pattern: maximum summer temperatures are lower in the south while minimum temperatures are higher in the north with the opposite occurring during the winter. In any case, the coldest moth of the year is January and the warmest months are July and August. The Red Sea is notorious among seafarers for its high speed surface winds and aggressively short irregular motion. It may be calm on the inward shore, but journeys to exposed sites like The Brothers islands, a remote off-shore site east of El Quseir, can be perilous and boats have been seen literally to fall apart under the force of the journey.
Cargo vessels, oil tankers, fishing boats, and passenger liners all move their trade across this great waterway, but for many, the true enchantment of the Red Sea is hidden just below its surface. There are over 1000 species of invertebrates and around 200 recorded coral types to be found. Moreover, the Red Sea boasts over a thousand species of fish, more species than any other proportional body of water. Not surprisingly, therefore, the Red Sea is considered by many to offer the very best diving available in the marine world. The Red Sea attracts divers, photographers, marine scientists, and leisure seekers from all over the world, hoping to experience and explore the incalculable wonders of the colorful, abounding marine life and the Red Sea’s lavish coral reefs. In places, the exceptional living reef stretches way out to sea, forming a elaborate system of caves, lagoons, gardens, and plateaus. Some of these coral summits plunge dramatically thousands of feet to the ocean floor. The Red Sea is not all a delight however, as it has its troubles which you will have to stay away from. There is minimal danger from marine animals in the Red Sea, and with a little common sense, even these dangers can be eliminated. Some of the marine animals are dangerous to touch, others dangerous to eat, and some are dangerous to come face to face with. There are fire corals and stinging hydroids which can be extremely painful if accidentally touched as well.
Snorkeling is a popular way to view the edge of the reef, especially for those with limited confidence in their swimming ability. Sharks, manta rays, turtles, and eels will take pieces of bread from your hand, and brilliantly colored schools of fish team all around in bewildering color. However, most divers will tell you that there is nothing to beat the thrill of experiencing the depth of the reef and the abounding marine life to be found in the Red Sea. The lure of the reef is such that many novice divers become totally "hooked" and cannot imagine why they have never joined in the fun before. Furthermore, when asked to compare their local diving conditions with those in the Red Sea, they find it a "paradise" with clear visibility, little wave action, and warm temperatures all year long.
Fishing is an art which still preserves time-honored methods, mostly due to the difficulties imposed by the dangers of the reef. The hook-and-line method of fishing has been in use for more than four thousand years and is still going strong. Conservation of certain species of fish and the dangers of over-fishing are both important issues for the government. The fisherman land a total of 8,000 metric tons of fish per year, which, although eight times as much as the Sudan, is less than half Egypt’s total catch.
The water of the Red Sea is also a vital asset. Surrounding cities are totally dependent on it for household and industrial supplies, and tremendous desalination plants are in operation. These supply drinking water which has been purified to a high standard, as well as non-potable domestic water. Sea water is also used in large quantities by oil refineries and cement works situated along the coastline. The danger of pollution is always present in the Red Sea, particularly from oil spillage. A Royal Decree forbids the discharge of any pollutant substances, including oil, within 100 miles of the Saudi Arabian coastline.
Currently, the areas of the Eastern Desert and around the Red Sea have received a great deal of overdue attention. A joint expedition from the University of Delaware and Leiden University and Leiden University has been working at the ancient Red Sea port of Berinike. The past season the Delaware-Leiden team excavated in two areas, opened a total of seven trenches, and found four public buildings. One of the sites contained offering tables, an incense burner, a stela stand and an almost life-size bronze figure of a cloaked woman clasping a snake. Scraps of colorful textile from the Fourth and Fifth centuries A.D. have also been found. In addition, evidence of trade appears in the form of imported coconuts, pepper, and rice. So, while the edges of the Red Sea are being explored, the sea itself is being plunged in a survey of sunken wrecks. The Institute for Nautical Archaeology in Egypt, is continuing the underwater survey started last season, plotting the locations of shipwrecks along the Red Sea coast.
For swimmers, divers, traders, industrialists, fishermen, archaeologists, and tourists, the Red Sea has its own kind of incomparability. And even the leisured gazer, speculating the inaccessible blue/red abnormality, can be said to have been given something to think about. The underwater amazement of the Red Sea remains a living tapestry of resounding corals and exotic fish, waiting for you to discover its secrets.
Transferred from http://www.touregypt.net/vdc/AbtRdSea.htm
Sea is located between Asia and Africa. At its most northerly point forms the Sinai Peninsula and stretches over 1000 miles south to join the Indian Ocean, between Ethiopia and Yemen. In the north and west are desert plains, while in the south a mountainous region (2642 meters high), which is part of the mountain range stretching from deep in Saudi Arabia, across the Sinai and then into Nubia of the African continent. The Red Sea holds beneath its crystal blue surface an oasis of living creatures, reefs, and coral formation. Its use as a highway between East and West has attracted man since the beginning of time.The Red Sea was created by the movement of plates in the Earth’s surface about 30 million years ago. In that time, the Arab peninsula started to part from Africa along a thin break line which was filled by the ocean’s water. However, "Mother Nature" did not stop there. Twenty million years ago another geological movement started. The Arab peninsula which parted from Africa, started to move to the north. That movement struck resistance in Turkey and swung to the east, and another break line was formed. This one stretching all the way from the northern part of Israel, through the Jordan valley to the Dead Sea, and finally through the Gulf of Eilat to Ras Mohamad at the southern point of the Sinai. The young age of the Gulf of Eilat is what makes it so deep, 100 meters in Dahab and 1800 meters north of the Straits of Tiran. On the other hand, the old Gulf of Suez is relatively shallow, with a 85 meters maximum depth. The Red Sea is still widening at about one-half inch per year, the rift is the youngest region of continental breakup on the planet, allowing geologists to learn about processes that occurred in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans hundreds of millions of years earlier.
Water temperatures in the Red Sea remain unusually constant year round, averaging 22^ C in the summer. Low pressure systems develop in the Sahara Desert and draw hot dry east winds from Asia which cause the temperature to rise frequently along with sand storms. At the same time, lows develop over the Red Sea, bringing moist cold air from the south and creating clouds, haze, and more often rain. The northern land mass is the primary influence over temperature in the gulf, but this decreases to the south the closer you get to open sea. The open sea’s cooling effect creates an interesting temperature pattern: maximum summer temperatures are lower in the south while minimum temperatures are higher in the north with the opposite occurring during the winter. In any case, the coldest moth of the year is January and the warmest months are July and August. The Red Sea is notorious among seafarers for its high speed surface winds and aggressively short irregular motion. It may be calm on the inward shore, but journeys to exposed sites like The Brothers islands, a remote off-shore site east of El Quseir, can be perilous and boats have been seen literally to fall apart under the force of the journey.
Cargo vessels, oil tankers, fishing boats, and passenger liners all move their trade across this great waterway, but for many, the true enchantment of the Red Sea is hidden just below its surface. There are over 1000 species of invertebrates and around 200 recorded coral types to be found. Moreover, the Red Sea boasts over a thousand species of fish, more species than any other proportional body of water. Not surprisingly, therefore, the Red Sea is considered by many to offer the very best diving available in the marine world. The Red Sea attracts divers, photographers, marine scientists, and leisure seekers from all over the world, hoping to experience and explore the incalculable wonders of the colorful, abounding marine life and the Red Sea’s lavish coral reefs. In places, the exceptional living reef stretches way out to sea, forming a elaborate system of caves, lagoons, gardens, and plateaus. Some of these coral summits plunge dramatically thousands of feet to the ocean floor. The Red Sea is not all a delight however, as it has its troubles which you will have to stay away from. There is minimal danger from marine animals in the Red Sea, and with a little common sense, even these dangers can be eliminated. Some of the marine animals are dangerous to touch, others dangerous to eat, and some are dangerous to come face to face with. There are fire corals and stinging hydroids which can be extremely painful if accidentally touched as well.
Snorkeling is a popular way to view the edge of the reef, especially for those with limited confidence in their swimming ability. Sharks, manta rays, turtles, and eels will take pieces of bread from your hand, and brilliantly colored schools of fish team all around in bewildering color. However, most divers will tell you that there is nothing to beat the thrill of experiencing the depth of the reef and the abounding marine life to be found in the Red Sea. The lure of the reef is such that many novice divers become totally "hooked" and cannot imagine why they have never joined in the fun before. Furthermore, when asked to compare their local diving conditions with those in the Red Sea, they find it a "paradise" with clear visibility, little wave action, and warm temperatures all year long.
Fishing is an art which still preserves time-honored methods, mostly due to the difficulties imposed by the dangers of the reef. The hook-and-line method of fishing has been in use for more than four thousand years and is still going strong. Conservation of certain species of fish and the dangers of over-fishing are both important issues for the government. The fisherman land a total of 8,000 metric tons of fish per year, which, although eight times as much as the Sudan, is less than half Egypt’s total catch.
The water of the Red Sea is also a vital asset. Surrounding cities are totally dependent on it for household and industrial supplies, and tremendous desalination plants are in operation. These supply drinking water which has been purified to a high standard, as well as non-potable domestic water. Sea water is also used in large quantities by oil refineries and cement works situated along the coastline. The danger of pollution is always present in the Red Sea, particularly from oil spillage. A Royal Decree forbids the discharge of any pollutant substances, including oil, within 100 miles of the Saudi Arabian coastline.
Currently, the areas of the Eastern Desert and around the Red Sea have received a great deal of overdue attention. A joint expedition from the University of Delaware and Leiden University and Leiden University has been working at the ancient Red Sea port of Berinike. The past season the Delaware-Leiden team excavated in two areas, opened a total of seven trenches, and found four public buildings. One of the sites contained offering tables, an incense burner, a stela stand and an almost life-size bronze figure of a cloaked woman clasping a snake. Scraps of colorful textile from the Fourth and Fifth centuries A.D. have also been found. In addition, evidence of trade appears in the form of imported coconuts, pepper, and rice. So, while the edges of the Red Sea are being explored, the sea itself is being plunged in a survey of sunken wrecks. The Institute for Nautical Archaeology in Egypt, is continuing the underwater survey started last season, plotting the locations of shipwrecks along the Red Sea coast.
For swimmers, divers, traders, industrialists, fishermen, archaeologists, and tourists, the Red Sea has its own kind of incomparability. And even the leisured gazer, speculating the inaccessible blue/red abnormality, can be said to have been given something to think about. The underwater amazement of the Red Sea remains a living tapestry of resounding corals and exotic fish, waiting for you to discover its secrets.
Transferred from http://www.touregypt.net/vdc/AbtRdSea.htm
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
