Egypt
- Rising Water: A Necessary Evil?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level Within the framework of the Ministry...
- Egypt's Sphinx, Pyramids Threatened By Groundwater, Hydrologists Warn
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system to pump subterranean water out from under Egypt's historical Sphinx monument and the underlying bedrock. Subterranean water levels at the Giza...
- Usaid Funding For Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/kol8r (Egypt State Information Service) "The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated $ 40 million to restore and develop Luxor's Western Bank. The project will be carried out in cooperation with the (SCA) Supreme...
- Rising Water Threatens Temples
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1702518,00.html"Some of the world's most precious archaeological treasures - the ancient Egyptian tombs and temples at Luxor - are being devastated by salt water that is eating their foundations, scientists...
- Sca Implements Water Control Projects
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp "The rise of subterranean water is a source of chronic headache for archaeologists in Egypt. With most sites across the country endangered by rising water levels, officials were forced to work out plans to...
Egypt
Conserving East Bank temples
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/hr2.htm
Sherine Nasr, reporting on the work by various project teams including USAID, to conserve a number of archaeological monuments on Luxor's east bank, including important plans to lower the water table: "Since 1999, extensive sub-soil surveys and ground water detection have been conducted to help develop a technical solution for ground water mitigation by using drilling, pumping and computer simulation, and an implementation plan has been suggested. USAID is contributing LE40 million to cover construction costs and the local costs for the construction supervision."
See the above page on the Al Ahram Weekly website for the entire story.
- Rising Water: A Necessary Evil?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level Within the framework of the Ministry...
- Egypt's Sphinx, Pyramids Threatened By Groundwater, Hydrologists Warn
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system to pump subterranean water out from under Egypt's historical Sphinx monument and the underlying bedrock. Subterranean water levels at the Giza...
- Usaid Funding For Luxor
http://tinyurl.com/kol8r (Egypt State Information Service) "The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated $ 40 million to restore and develop Luxor's Western Bank. The project will be carried out in cooperation with the (SCA) Supreme...
- Rising Water Threatens Temples
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1702518,00.html"Some of the world's most precious archaeological treasures - the ancient Egyptian tombs and temples at Luxor - are being devastated by salt water that is eating their foundations, scientists...
- Sca Implements Water Control Projects
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp "The rise of subterranean water is a source of chronic headache for archaeologists in Egypt. With most sites across the country endangered by rising water levels, officials were forced to work out plans to...