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- Hawass Appoints New Sec Gen For Supreme Council Of Antiquities
Youm 7 This is the sum total of information on the above site, but hopefully more information will come soon if this is accurate. It is about time that the SCA now has a new head, particularly as Hawass as a minister presumably has other responsibilities...
- Ancient Port City To Be Opened To The Public
Yahoo! News With photos. Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown...
- Graeco-roman Artifacts Salvaged In Abu Qir
Egypt State Information Service Ninety-nine Sunken pieces of antiquities were salvaged by the European marine archeological institute mission in association with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in the areas of Eastern Port and Heracleum in Abu...
- 14 Graeco-roman Tombs Discovered In Bahariya Oasis
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni announced on April 12, 2010 the discovery of 14 Greco-Roman tombs dated back to 2,300 years at a construction site near al-Baweeti town in al-Baharia Oasis, October 6th Governorate. The...
- In The Field: More Re Temple Of The Cat Goddess
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) During routine excavations near the Roman theatre at Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria, an archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the remains of a temple built by Queen Berenike, wife...
Egypt
Al-Alamein archeological site to open for visitors
Egypt Daily News
The Marina Al-Alamein archeological site will open four visitors mid-September, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Tuesday.
The archeological site is the largest in the north coast, stretching over 189 acres, the SCA said.
It hosts a display for Roman villas, baths, marketplaces, remains of a church, tombs, streets, a Roman theater and various statues, according to Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
The site will be open during the day and at night; the SCA said a “high-tech” light system has been installed.
In a bid to encourage local tourism, the entrance fee for the site will be LE 5 for Egyptians with a 50 percent discount for students, said Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, Head of the Central Administration of Lower Egypt.
Hawass stressed the significance of the site, citing the importance of the port during the Greco-Roman era.
- Hawass Appoints New Sec Gen For Supreme Council Of Antiquities
Youm 7 This is the sum total of information on the above site, but hopefully more information will come soon if this is accurate. It is about time that the SCA now has a new head, particularly as Hawass as a minister presumably has other responsibilities...
- Ancient Port City To Be Opened To The Public
Yahoo! News With photos. Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown...
- Graeco-roman Artifacts Salvaged In Abu Qir
Egypt State Information Service Ninety-nine Sunken pieces of antiquities were salvaged by the European marine archeological institute mission in association with the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) in the areas of Eastern Port and Heracleum in Abu...
- 14 Graeco-roman Tombs Discovered In Bahariya Oasis
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni announced on April 12, 2010 the discovery of 14 Greco-Roman tombs dated back to 2,300 years at a construction site near al-Baweeti town in al-Baharia Oasis, October 6th Governorate. The...
- In The Field: More Re Temple Of The Cat Goddess
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) During routine excavations near the Roman theatre at Kom El-Dikka in Alexandria, an archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has discovered the remains of a temple built by Queen Berenike, wife...