Interpretation of Water Environment Around El-Zayyan Temple in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt from a Tentative Environmental Map Based on ALOS Pan-Sharpened Imagery

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  • WATANABE Makiko
    Tokyo Metropolitan University, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Science
  • KOGAWA Katsura
    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Social Science and Engineering
  • SUGIMURA Toshiro
    Remote Sensing Technology Center, Research Division
  • NAKANO Tomoaki
    Chubu University, College of International Studies
  • TSUKAMOTO Toshio
    Gangoji Institute for Research of Cultural Property, Archaeology Laboratory
  • KAMEI Hiroyuki
    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering

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  • エジプト西方砂漠ハルガオアシスのアル・ザヤーン神殿周辺の水環境<BR>—ALOSパンシャープン画像を用いた環境地図の試作—
  • エジプト西方砂漠ハルガオアシスのアル・ザヤーン神殿周辺の水環境--ALOSバンシャープン画像を用いた環境地図の試作
  • エジプト サイホウ サバク ハルガオアシス ノ アル ザヤーン シンデン シュウヘン ノ ミズ カンキョウ ALOS バンシャープン ガゾウ オ モチイタ カンキョウ チズ ノ シサク

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Kharga Oasis is the biggest oasis in the desert region between Egypt and Libya. The geographical location of this oasis suggests its importance in the large network system connecting the Western Desert, the Nile Valley, Nubia and Libya, which functioned as caravan route for slave trading from Sudan to middle Egypt in the Roman age. Egyptian government plan, regarding current population increase, is to develop this area for agriculture and settlement by driving water from the Aswan. This study aims to provide a tentative map of temple and water environment around Kharga Oasis based on ALOS satellite pan-sharpened imagery and information collected from field surveys 2003-2008. We expect the map as a supporting tool for archaeological studies of ancient Egyptian civilization and regional development policies in Kharga Oasis.

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