The following is an abridged version of Walter Granger's daily account of America's first transoceanic fossil-hunt -- an expedition to the Fayum of Egypt in 1907. Granger's preserved, original handwritten record is the only firsthand account of any Fayum paleontology expedition made before 1947! This is the first treatment of this event based on the actual documentary record. Note: there are various spellings and 'Fayum' is now the preferred. This website will eventually be conformed throughout to that spelling.

 

 

America's 1907 Fossil-Hunt to the Fayum of Egypt

(abridged)

Expedition Diary and Photographs by Walter Granger

Introduced and Annotated by Vincent L. Morgan

Illustrations and Essay by John R. Lavas

Ptolemia grangeri (by J.Lavas)

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An FJ Expeditions selection!

Also featured in the Italian online journal EREWHON throughout 1999 (now archived under "Il mondo perduto-Una spedizione scientifica nel Faiyum")

See also Michael Walkowiak's splendid Al Fayum site

And....we assist tourism in Egypt -- see Tour Egypt - Official Site of: The Ministry of Tourism of Egypt, The Egyptian Tourist Authority

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