Egypt
Egypt Today (Nadine El Sayed)
With photographs.
- Unesco Scientific Committee Meeting In Luxor
Luxor Times UNESCO, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Governorate of Luxor, organising the first Scientific Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt. The UNESCO initiative aims to...
- The High Dam And Its Negative Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamill) This is a fascinating article, to which a short exerpt simply cannot do justice. Jill Kamill looks at the impacts of the Aswan High Dam on Egypt's heritage - everything from water damage to monuments to the increase in...
- World Monuments Watch
http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ Thanks to Nigel Hetherington for forwarding the following press release from the World Monuments Watch: "Since 1965, WMF has helped to save more than 450 sites in over 90 countries. And we are about to give a fighting...
- More On Move From Qurna
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Villagers_cling_to_business_memorie_12022006.html"Proximity to the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor has put most Qarna villagers into the tourism business: sculpting, alabaster shops, selling ancient Egyptian...
- 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
Conservation: Legacy in danger
Egypt Today (Nadine El Sayed)
With photographs.
Two of Egypt’s heritage sites — a 50-year-old village built by a famous architect, and an 800-year-old mosque built of mud and salt — are in danger of decay, according to the World Monuments Fund (WMF).
The WMF releases a biennial watch list of the 100 most endangered sites worldwide. This year, the Old Mosque of Shali Fortress in Siwa and the New Gourna Village, occupied by residents for only the past two and a half years, were named as endangered monuments where protection is both needed and possible, if conservation authorities take the necessary steps.
- Unesco Scientific Committee Meeting In Luxor
Luxor Times UNESCO, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Governorate of Luxor, organising the first Scientific Committee meeting on the safeguarding project of New Gourna Village in Luxor, Egypt. The UNESCO initiative aims to...
- The High Dam And Its Negative Effects
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamill) This is a fascinating article, to which a short exerpt simply cannot do justice. Jill Kamill looks at the impacts of the Aswan High Dam on Egypt's heritage - everything from water damage to monuments to the increase in...
- World Monuments Watch
http://www.worldmonumentswatch.org/ Thanks to Nigel Hetherington for forwarding the following press release from the World Monuments Watch: "Since 1965, WMF has helped to save more than 450 sites in over 90 countries. And we are about to give a fighting...
- More On Move From Qurna
http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Villagers_cling_to_business_memorie_12022006.html"Proximity to the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of Luxor has put most Qarna villagers into the tourism business: sculpting, alabaster shops, selling ancient Egyptian...
- 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...