Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Ragab Ramadan)
- Antiquities Council To List Endangered Archeological Sites In Lower Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm The Supreme Council of Antiquities is preparing a list of endangered archaeological sites in the Delta region and Lower Egypt, announced Mostaf Amin, the council’s newly appointed head, on Sunday. The list is to be published on the...
- 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...
- Egypt Dismisses Unesco Warning Against Its Relics
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=952695"Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni here Thursday dismissed as baseless reports that the UNESCO had warned to strike off some Egyptian monuments from world heritage.Hosni told...
- World Heritage Sites: Threat Or Promise?
http://tinyurl.com/yxnyep (arabnews.com) An article about the pros and cons of establishing a site as a World Heritage Site. It is specific to three sites recently nominated in Saudi Arabia, but puts them into the context of more general issues: "Automobile...
- 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
Funding issues threaten preservation of Christian sanctuary
Al Masry Al Youm (Ragab Ramadan)
The archaeological site of Abu Mena, an early Christian sanctuary south of Alexandria, might be added back to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in Danger, warned Mohamed Reda, head of the Engineering and Technical Unit for the Museums and Monuments in Delta and Sinai, at the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The site, which includes a complex of churches and Saint Mar Mena al-Agaiby’s Monastery, is among the most important destinations for Christian pilgrims around the world. In 2001, the site was put on the UNESCO list due to a significant rise in groundwater levels, a common problem in the Mediterranean region, where the local soil becomes semi-liquid with excess water resulting from urban growth and agricultural development.
- Antiquities Council To List Endangered Archeological Sites In Lower Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm The Supreme Council of Antiquities is preparing a list of endangered archaeological sites in the Delta region and Lower Egypt, announced Mostaf Amin, the council’s newly appointed head, on Sunday. The list is to be published on the...
- 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...
- Egypt Dismisses Unesco Warning Against Its Relics
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=952695"Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni here Thursday dismissed as baseless reports that the UNESCO had warned to strike off some Egyptian monuments from world heritage.Hosni told...
- World Heritage Sites: Threat Or Promise?
http://tinyurl.com/yxnyep (arabnews.com) An article about the pros and cons of establishing a site as a World Heritage Site. It is specific to three sites recently nominated in Saudi Arabia, but puts them into the context of more general issues: "Automobile...
- 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...