ABSTRACT
The Geological Survey of Egypt was founded by H. G. Lyons and was staffed by competent men whose published memoirs still remain among the best and most authentic records on the geology of the surveyed regions. The history of the Geological Survey of Egypt from the date of its foundation until 1925 is given in Hume's Geology of Egypt and from that date until 1971 in Said (1971). Between 1954 and 1976, the Geological Survey of Egypt conducted an aggressive program of exploration for economic mineral deposits which were sought for the fulfillment of the five-year industrialization plan of the country. Also worthy of mention is the joint expedition of the Geological Survey of Egypt, Southern Methodist University and Polish Academy of Science which pioneered in Quaternary and prehistoric research. Interest in reclamation projects and mineral development brought into Egypt a flow of experts whose reports and feasibility studies touched upon the geology of certain areas.
