Egypt
Armed guards have been deployed to protect the remote temple built by Ramses II at the Wadi Al-Sebua near Aswan. The lovely temple was among the buildings moved during the raising of the high dam in the 1960's.
The Minister of state for antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim says that the only damage to the temple is the theft of cables and the lights used to light up the temple.
- 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...
- Akht Back Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A GRANITE engraving depicting a cow-shaped ancient Egyptian deity Akht is back in Egypt. Eleven years after having gone missing from its original location in Behbit Al-Hegara temple in the Nile Delta, a granite engraving...
- Granite Depiction Of Cow-shaped Deity Returns To Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After 11 years of absence from the Behbit El-Hegara temple in El-Gharbiya governorate, the engraving featuring the cow-shaped ancient Egyptian deity Akht will soon be back in its original position. The engraving is part of...
- Snap Shot: Philae
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Hebeishy) THE ANCIENT Egyptians named it Philak, the Greeks Philae while the Arabs called it Anas Al-Wugud. Whatever its name, this remote Nile island doesn't exist anymore, submerged beneath the river water with the construction...
- Rescuing The Temple Of Esna
http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o200524m.htm An Egyptian State Information Service item about the planned restoration of Esna temple. The threat comes from a combination of high underground water and the low level of the Nile water in front of...
Egypt
Gaurding the temple of Wadi Al-Sebua
Armed guards have been deployed to protect the remote temple built by Ramses II at the Wadi Al-Sebua near Aswan. The lovely temple was among the buildings moved during the raising of the high dam in the 1960's.
The Minister of state for antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim says that the only damage to the temple is the theft of cables and the lights used to light up the temple.
- 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...
- Akht Back Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A GRANITE engraving depicting a cow-shaped ancient Egyptian deity Akht is back in Egypt. Eleven years after having gone missing from its original location in Behbit Al-Hegara temple in the Nile Delta, a granite engraving...
- Granite Depiction Of Cow-shaped Deity Returns To Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) After 11 years of absence from the Behbit El-Hegara temple in El-Gharbiya governorate, the engraving featuring the cow-shaped ancient Egyptian deity Akht will soon be back in its original position. The engraving is part of...
- Snap Shot: Philae
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed el-Hebeishy) THE ANCIENT Egyptians named it Philak, the Greeks Philae while the Arabs called it Anas Al-Wugud. Whatever its name, this remote Nile island doesn't exist anymore, submerged beneath the river water with the construction...
- Rescuing The Temple Of Esna
http://www.uk.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o200524m.htm An Egyptian State Information Service item about the planned restoration of Esna temple. The threat comes from a combination of high underground water and the low level of the Nile water in front of...