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[2]: 90 Egypt leads Africa in the extraction of both talc and gypsum. It is second in salt production, third for phosphate and vermiculite, and fourth for iron ore. [3] Egypt also extracts oil, and is the largest non-OPEC producer of oil in Africa. Additionally, Egypt also produces the second most natural gas in Africa.
Rushdi Said (Arabic: رشدي سعيد) (May 12, 1920 – February 8, 2013) was an Egyptian scientist.He was educated at Cairo, Zurich, and Harvard Universities. A professor of geology, he was the chairman of the board of the Egyptian Mining and Geological Research Organization (1968–1977).
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Geology of Egypt (10 C, 9 P) H. ... Landmarks in Egypt (3 C, 2 P) M. Maps of Egypt (2 P) Military locations of Egypt ...
Bahariya Formation (Egypt) The Bahariya Formation (also transcribed as Baharija Formation ) is a fossiliferous geologic formation dating back to the early Cenomanian , which outcrops within the Bahariya depression in Egypt , and is known from oil exploration drilling across much of the Western Desert where it forms an important oil reservoir .
Landscape in the northern Fayyum region with a view of Lake Qarun. The Fayyum is a region and an important fossil Lagerstätte in northern Egypt.The region comprises the Fayyum Basin, which is intensively used for agriculture, and adjoining areas; the important areas of discovery are mostly north and west of Lake Qarun.
The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map, generally considered the oldest surviving map of topographical interest from the ancient world.It is drawn on a papyrus reportedly discovered at Deir el-Medina in Thebes, collected by Bernardino Drovetti (known as Napoleon's Proconsul) in Egypt sometime before 1824 and now preserved in Turin's Museo Egizio.
Egypt borders Libya to the west, Palestine and Israel to the east and Sudan to the south (with a current dispute over the halaib triangle). Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi). The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,420 km (880 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,275 km (792 mi).
Mining in Egypt has had a long history that dates back to predynastic times. Active mining began in Egypt around 3000 BCE. Active mining began in Egypt around 3000 BCE. Egypt has substantial mineral resources , including 48 million tons of tantalite (fourth largest in the world), 50 million tons of coal , and an estimated 6.7 million ounces of ...