Egypt
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/
A number of news itesm have appeared on the Egyptian Gazette today. They are summarized in order of appearence on the page (introductory details are quoted - but see the page for many more details)
- New Initiative From Unesco - University And Heritage Programme
The Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage Programme Full details can be found in the 6-page FUUH brochure (in PDF format). International network of co-operation in the field of higher education aimed at professors, scholars, professionals and postgraduate...
- Egypt Dismisses Unesco Warning Against Its Relics
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=952695"Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni here Thursday dismissed as baseless reports that the UNESCO had warned to strike off some Egyptian monuments from world heritage.Hosni told...
- Book Release: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, And The Antiquities Trade
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=BRODIF06This is of general archaeological interest, and particularly relevant in the light of so many highly publicized incidents where artefacts are being repatriated, or are being claimed for repatriation:"Archaeological...
- Satellites In Support Of World Heritage
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMXDLVLWFE_environment_0.html "Last week the historic fortified town of Campeche, in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, was the centre for a Conference on the use of space technologies to conserve the world’s natural and cultural...
- Forthcoming Session Of The World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185 "The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention...
Egypt
A number of news items . . .
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/
A number of news itesm have appeared on the Egyptian Gazette today. They are summarized in order of appearence on the page (introductory details are quoted - but see the page for many more details)
- New book chronicles Egyptian archeology's institutions ("Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt is a new book by Dr Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. The author takes his readers on a tour of some of the most exquisite artifacts in the Egyptian Museum and acquaints them with adventures that led to their discovery in the mid l9th and 20th centuries - see article for more details").
- UNESCO sign to recognise Egypt's international heritage ("A billboard bearing the slogan of international heritage will be placed on Egyptian archaeological sites included on the UNESCO list of international human heritage. The slogan symbolises the link between natural and cultural heritage").
- Ain Shams sites to be renovated ("The current areas of Ain Shams and Mataryia were known in ancient Egypt as Oun, the capital of the l3th nom (province) of Lower Egypt. In the Greek age, the name was changed into Heliopolis, which means the city of the sun. Heliopolis had a religious and historic significance as the centre of the worship of the sun").
- New Initiative From Unesco - University And Heritage Programme
The Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage Programme Full details can be found in the 6-page FUUH brochure (in PDF format). International network of co-operation in the field of higher education aimed at professors, scholars, professionals and postgraduate...
- Egypt Dismisses Unesco Warning Against Its Relics
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=952695"Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni here Thursday dismissed as baseless reports that the UNESCO had warned to strike off some Egyptian monuments from world heritage.Hosni told...
- Book Release: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, And The Antiquities Trade
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=BRODIF06This is of general archaeological interest, and particularly relevant in the light of so many highly publicized incidents where artefacts are being repatriated, or are being claimed for repatriation:"Archaeological...
- Satellites In Support Of World Heritage
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMXDLVLWFE_environment_0.html "Last week the historic fortified town of Campeche, in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, was the centre for a Conference on the use of space technologies to conserve the world’s natural and cultural...
- Forthcoming Session Of The World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=185 "The 29th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005. The World Heritage Committee consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention...