Egypt
- Antiquities Authority Starts Pumping Out Drainage Water From Under The Sphinx
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) This week, Giza Inspectorate operated 18 water pump machines to pump out subterranean water that has accumulated under the Sphinx. The machines are distributed over the Giza plateau according to a map showing the areas where...
- Restoration Work Underway At Giza And Mit Rahina
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Earlier today the Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim led a tour around the Giza plateau to monitor work being done on the Sphinx’s Valley Temple and Mit-Rahina archaeological site, as part of the lead up...
- Sphinx Update Report
drhawass.com With photos. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni received a technical and ecological report on the health of the Great Sphinx at Giza, which asserted that the Sphinx and surrounding bedrock are safe, and that the groundwater in the area in front...
- The Sphinx - Dammed But Not Drowning
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following three months of comprehensive ecological and geophysical studies carried out by experts of the Archaeological Engineering Centre of Cairo and Ain Shams universities, the Sphinx and its bedrock have been pronounced...
- Rising Groundwater Threatens Monuments
MCOT English News The fact that variations on this story keeps rearing its head is a sad reflection on the threat to many monuments in Egypt. As well as highlighting the problem at Giza, this piece suggests that solutions have been proposed, but were...
Egypt
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 Plateau, especially the area under the valley temples and Sphinx, have recently increased due to a new drainage system installed in the neighbouring village of Nazlet Al-Seman and the irrigation techniques used to cultivate the nearby residential area of Hadaeq Al-Ahram.
The system involves 18 state-of-the-art water pumps capable of pumping 26,000 cubic metres of water daily.
The project, which cost some LE22 million and is financed by USAID, has raised fears among some hydrologists and ecologists that it could erode the bedrock under the Sphinx and lead to the historic monument's collapse.
- Antiquities Authority Starts Pumping Out Drainage Water From Under The Sphinx
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) This week, Giza Inspectorate operated 18 water pump machines to pump out subterranean water that has accumulated under the Sphinx. The machines are distributed over the Giza plateau according to a map showing the areas where...
- Restoration Work Underway At Giza And Mit Rahina
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Earlier today the Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim led a tour around the Giza plateau to monitor work being done on the Sphinx’s Valley Temple and Mit-Rahina archaeological site, as part of the lead up...
- Sphinx Update Report
drhawass.com With photos. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni received a technical and ecological report on the health of the Great Sphinx at Giza, which asserted that the Sphinx and surrounding bedrock are safe, and that the groundwater in the area in front...
- The Sphinx - Dammed But Not Drowning
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following three months of comprehensive ecological and geophysical studies carried out by experts of the Archaeological Engineering Centre of Cairo and Ain Shams universities, the Sphinx and its bedrock have been pronounced...
- Rising Groundwater Threatens Monuments
MCOT English News The fact that variations on this story keeps rearing its head is a sad reflection on the threat to many monuments in Egypt. As well as highlighting the problem at Giza, this piece suggests that solutions have been proposed, but were...