Egypt
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- Beni Hassan First In National Project To Document Egypt’s Heritage
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Eight years after giving the go-ahead for the National Project to Document Egypt’s Heritage, Beni Hassan necropolis in the Upper Egyptian town of Minya has become the first site on the list to be documented. The...
- New Book: The Tombs Of Beni Hassan In Minya
Ahram Online Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities just issued a new book, 'The Tombs of Beni Hassan in Minya: The Picture and the Significance,' the first in a series in an ongoing project aimed at documenting Egypt's monuments and...
- 2nd Phase Of The Khufu Solar Boat Restoration Project
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With three photos. At an international press conference held on Egypt's Giza Plateau next Monday, Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is expected to announce the launch of the second phase of the...
- Colossi Of Memnon To Be Restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) In collaboration with the European archaeological mission, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is undertaking a comprehensive project to restore the colossi of Memnon on Luxor’s west bank. The project aims to return...
- Cairo Under Siege
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following its meeting in New Zealand last month, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) released a report that may exacerbate differences between the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) on one...
Egypt
Beit Zeinab Khatoun HQ for Cairo Urban Rehabilitation Project
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
In cooperation with UNESCO, the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) is to transform the Zeinab Khatoun house into the headquarters for the Cairo Urban Rehabilitation Project.
Mohamed El-Sheika, head of the project department at MSA, told Ahram Online that the project aims to draw an archaeological map for Old Cairo, and provide the means to rehabilitate modern homes to make them harmonious with the area's archaeology.
The house is one of the most remarkable Mameluke houses, and was named after its last owner.
- Beni Hassan First In National Project To Document Egypt’s Heritage
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Eight years after giving the go-ahead for the National Project to Document Egypt’s Heritage, Beni Hassan necropolis in the Upper Egyptian town of Minya has become the first site on the list to be documented. The...
- New Book: The Tombs Of Beni Hassan In Minya
Ahram Online Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities just issued a new book, 'The Tombs of Beni Hassan in Minya: The Picture and the Significance,' the first in a series in an ongoing project aimed at documenting Egypt's monuments and...
- 2nd Phase Of The Khufu Solar Boat Restoration Project
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With three photos. At an international press conference held on Egypt's Giza Plateau next Monday, Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim is expected to announce the launch of the second phase of the...
- Colossi Of Memnon To Be Restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) In collaboration with the European archaeological mission, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is undertaking a comprehensive project to restore the colossi of Memnon on Luxor’s west bank. The project aims to return...
- Cairo Under Siege
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following its meeting in New Zealand last month, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) released a report that may exacerbate differences between the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) on one...