Egypt
Egypt Antiquities authority schedules debt to push restoration
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
During his first meeting with representatives of constructor organisations which are carrying out restoration works and development projects of some of archaeological sites and monuments, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) Mohamed Abdel Fatah agreed to draw an urgent plan for a rapid resumption of all restoration projects, which were put on hold for lack of the SCA budget, starting with those in dire need of restoration.
During the meeting, Abdel Fatah discussed the SCA financial situation with Sameh Khatab, head of the Financial Sector, and Mohamed El-Sheikha, head of the Projects Sector, in order to schedule all the SCA’s debts within the framework of the recent revenue of the council providing through the number of visitors to the monuments and archaeological sites.
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Changes At The Sca / Antiquities Ministry
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Twenty-four hours after his appointment as Egypt’s new antiquities minister, Mohamed Ibrahim Aly unveils his strategy to spruce up archaeology In a closed meeting, the new secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities...
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Sca To Review Archaeological Restoration Projects
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Within the framework of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)’s efforts to restore Egypt’s many archaeological sites, a technical committee was established on Tuesday to review projects temporarily halted in the wake...
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More Re Troubles That Caused Leadership Change At The Sca
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Abdel-Fattah told Al-Ahram Weekly that his resignation did not stem from fear of the protests, but rather the contrary. "My resignation is not from floundering or cowardice, but I cannot direct the SCA in this form," he...
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More Re Unesco Assistance For Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During a meeting held yesterday at the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ (SCA) offices, the director of UNESCO’s cultural department Tamara Twinasky announced UNESCO’s full collaboration with the SCA to restore and preserve...
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Egypt Antiquities Gets New Chief
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Following two months of the cancelation of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf appointed Mohamed Abdel Fatah the new Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).
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