Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
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Egypt
Archaeologists's Day at the Cairo Opera House
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
The third annual day for archaeologists took place last week at the Cairo Opera House, with Nevine El-Aref attending.
This year, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) celebrated Archaeologists' Day differently from the two previous years. This event focussed on paying homage to those who had led the SCA over the last three decades and the role they played in exploring, enriching, documenting and preserving Egypt's heritage.
A number of specialists who had helped in restoring and exploring important archaeological sites were also honoured.
This year, as usual, the Main Hall of the Opera House became a temple for the day, embellished with an imposing façade, columns and statues of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and deities. The stage had a special backdrop featuring the logo of the SCA, a cartouche bearing the ray of the sun god. Each side of the stage was lined with a large gypsum mound on which were engraved portraits of the nine previous SCA heads, along with the portrait of the late Ahmed Youssef, known as the sheikh of restorers.
See the above page for details.
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Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) It was celebration time on 16 June when 73 Ijunior archaeologists gathered to mark the completion of their six-week-long IT training course. The event was held in the Ahmed Pasha Kamal Hall on the first floor of the Supreme...
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drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) When I first became Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, I had the idea that there should be a special occasion each year to celebrate Egyptian archaeologists and their work. It took me two years to settle...
- Celebrating Egyptian The Work Of Archaeologists
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/838/he1.htm"If any ancient Egyptian spirits are still with us, then they were gathered at the Cairo Opera House last week when Egyptologists met to celebrate their first official day of tribute. The grand theatre became...