The odd side of Egypt.

Evidence-backed unusual places in Egypt, grouped with maps, original sources and useful geographic context. These are crawlable research records, not an indiscriminate directory: reports without enough depth remain available for exploration but are excluded from search indexing.

METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Nakhla meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A Martian (nakhlite) meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 10,000 g.

Map, evidence and context →METEORITE LANDING · NASA Meteorite Landings

Sinai meteorite

Recorded meteorite landing

A L6 meteorite recorded as an observed fall with a recorded mass of 1,455 g.

Map, evidence and context →SHIPWRECK · Expanded physical oddities

SS Thistlegorm

Egypt

British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940

Map, evidence and context →SHIPWRECK · Expanded physical oddities

Sha‘ab Abū Nuhās

Egypt

Egyptian coral reef and dive site in the Straits of Gubal in the south of the Gulf of Suez

Map, evidence and context →BLUE HOLE · Expanded physical oddities

Blue Hole

Egypt

submarine sinkhole a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt

Map, evidence and context →SUBMERGED SETTLEMENT · Expanded physical oddities

Heracleion

Egypt

ancient Egyptian city, now submerged, near Abukir

Map, evidence and context →SUBMERGED SETTLEMENT · Expanded physical oddities

Korosko

Egypt

settlement in Egypt, formerly point of departure for caravans to Abu Hamad, now flooded

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