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...
- New Antiquities Project
Egyptian Gazette (Amina Abdul Salam) A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according to MENA. The project, which was launched under...
- Memphis Development Project
Luxor Times Dr. Zahi Hawass announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to work on a big project to develop Memphis area with a cost of 41 million pounds. The Centre of Archaeology and Environment engineering, Cairo University will study...
- A Tall Tale - Esna's Hoax Obelisk
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/815/eg5.htm"Early this week the Upper Egyptian city of Esna was peacefully going about its usual business. Farmers were busy in the fields, merchants were trading in the market and weavers sat in front of their looms. Housewives...
- Plans To Relocate Temple At Esna
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/712/hr1.htm "The Graeco-Roman Temple of Khnum at Esna currently stands below ground level in the centre of the city, where it is subject to daily seepage from wastewater. The Supreme Council of Antiquities has decided...
Egypt
Esna - infrastructure and archaeology
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/829/fe1.htm
An article looking at the problems created by the construction of a new dam, and some of the solutions being carried out and proposed to address those problems, which include sewerage and the need to protect Esna antiquities:
"The project does not simply aim to introduce a sewerage system and protect the antiquities, however. It should also introduce environmental opportunities for Esna's residents. The ACC is installing pipes into streets that could be six to seven metres higher than the level of the ancient city. Once the project is complete, the sewerage will be piped from homes into progressively wider pipes, until it reaches a pumping station that propels it into clarification tanks. Once in the tanks, the sewerage will be 80 per cent purified and fit for recycling as irrigation water. An area of 1,800 acres will be eventually irrigated by it. . . . Abdel-Sattar Ahmed, head of the Esna and Armant antiquities, says that the Supreme Council of Antiquities has drawn up a plan to protect the Esna Temple from the rising water table. The plan involves the removal of all the buildings situated on top. "The part we see from the temple is only one half of its real size," he reiterates. Since much of the inhabitants' income depends on tourism, many are ready to relocate from their current homes, notes Abdel-Sattar. But only a real evacuation plan can prove him right.
The work will become more critical, the closer it gets to the temple.
The work will become more critical, the closer it gets to the temple.
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- 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...
- New Antiquities Project
Egyptian Gazette (Amina Abdul Salam) A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according to MENA. The project, which was launched under...
- Memphis Development Project
Luxor Times Dr. Zahi Hawass announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to work on a big project to develop Memphis area with a cost of 41 million pounds. The Centre of Archaeology and Environment engineering, Cairo University will study...
- A Tall Tale - Esna's Hoax Obelisk
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/815/eg5.htm"Early this week the Upper Egyptian city of Esna was peacefully going about its usual business. Farmers were busy in the fields, merchants were trading in the market and weavers sat in front of their looms. Housewives...
- Plans To Relocate Temple At Esna
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/712/hr1.htm "The Graeco-Roman Temple of Khnum at Esna currently stands below ground level in the centre of the city, where it is subject to daily seepage from wastewater. The Supreme Council of Antiquities has decided...