New Finds in Egypt!

I saw two articles today of some interesting new finds in Egypt. First up is this story which gives the details of a huge crater found in the Sahara Desert. The crater is 19 miles wide, which is twice the size of any similar crater found in the Sahara in the past. The article also points out that Meteor Crater in Arizona is a mere 3/4 of a mile across.

The second article over at National Geographic's website is about a huge Egyptian temple found in Cairo. This temple is said to have been built by Ramses II for the Sun god Ra. The temple has been hidden under an outdoor market for centuries, and leads many archaeologists to believe that there are many other such sites yet to be discovered under other Egyptian cities.

As someone who has been to Cairo, and spent time in the Sahara Desert, I found these new discoveries to be fascinating. To think that a temple could be hidden for all this time beneath the streets of a thriving city like Cairo is amazing, and the giant crater makes you wonder what that impact must have been like, and what it did to the environment in that area.