Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Afify)
- Of Fayoum's Mummies And Churches
eTurboNews (Hazel Heyer) Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced last week a Russian-American archaeological mission has unearthed a number of well-preserved Graeco-Roman mummies covered in cartons. They...
- Edfu Receives Visitors At Night
State Information Service Thanks to the EEF News Digest for this post, which I had missed. Starting today 1/1/2007 in Edfu, Upper Egypt, Horus Temple receives for the first time its visitors at night. This came in the context of the integrated project...
- Prehistoric Museum For Qena
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ An article on the Egyptian Gazette about the plans for the new museum of prehistory to be housed at Qena. This was first announced earlier this year, and I posted about it on the 7th May, but this provides something...
- Museum Of Prehistory To Be Built At Qena
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5332 Of all the articles about Egyptology and the heritage that I found on the Egypt Today website, I somehow managed to miss one very close to my heart - an update about the planned Egyptian Museum of...
- Restoration Of Hathor Temple At Philea
Restoration work on the small temple to Hathor on the Island of Philae is done in time for it's official inauguration. The temple is the creation of Ptolemy's VI and VII with extensions in the Roman period. The restoration has included cleaning...
Egypt
An overlooked temple in Qena could offer the city better prospects
Al Masry Al Youm (Heba Afify)
Outside the Upper Egyptian city of Qena - only 60km north of Luxor - lies Dendara, a unique temple from the Greco-Roman period. Despite its historic value, limited efforts to develop the area have put it at a disadvantage. Receiving only a few hundred visitors per week, the people of Qena are deprived of the much-needed economic benefits of potential tourist activity.
In 2006, the Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that it would restore the space. The ambitious project was to include the construction of a museum, a cultural center, bazaars, restaurants and other services around the temple.
The restoration of the temple’s interior is almost complete, but the city’s development has witnessed little progress. Although land was allocated for the museum five years ago, construction work never started. With only one hotel in the city and very few bazaars, the Dendara temple has failed, despite its significance, to “take its place on the touristic scene,” as the head of the temple’s restoration team Fathy Ashour acknowledged.
- Of Fayoum's Mummies And Churches
eTurboNews (Hazel Heyer) Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced last week a Russian-American archaeological mission has unearthed a number of well-preserved Graeco-Roman mummies covered in cartons. They...
- Edfu Receives Visitors At Night
State Information Service Thanks to the EEF News Digest for this post, which I had missed. Starting today 1/1/2007 in Edfu, Upper Egypt, Horus Temple receives for the first time its visitors at night. This came in the context of the integrated project...
- Prehistoric Museum For Qena
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/ An article on the Egyptian Gazette about the plans for the new museum of prehistory to be housed at Qena. This was first announced earlier this year, and I posted about it on the 7th May, but this provides something...
- Museum Of Prehistory To Be Built At Qena
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5332 Of all the articles about Egyptology and the heritage that I found on the Egypt Today website, I somehow managed to miss one very close to my heart - an update about the planned Egyptian Museum of...
- Restoration Of Hathor Temple At Philea
Restoration work on the small temple to Hathor on the Island of Philae is done in time for it's official inauguration. The temple is the creation of Ptolemy's VI and VII with extensions in the Roman period. The restoration has included cleaning...