Faiyum Diary by W.G.(1907)

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.

100 YEARS AGO!

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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SEE ALSO:

Notes From Diary--Fayum Trip, 1907

by Vincent L. Morgan and Spencer G. Lucas, 2002,

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Bulletin 22, p. 1-148.

This is the first full treatment of the American Museum of Natural History's fossil-hunting expedition

to the Fayum of Egypt in 1907. It may be purchased from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.

"[The Fayum Bulletin] is of historical interest by its very nature...[and] should appeal to a wide spectrum of geologists, paleontologists, historians, and inquisitive members of the general public." - Kennerd B. Bork, in his review of Bulletin 22 in Earth Sciences History, v. 22 (2003), n. 2, at pp. 229-230.




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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