Egypt
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg11.htm
A new company has been established in Egypt to combat Egypt's inability to pay for conservation, restoration and excavation programmes: "The company is designed to generate revenue for the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) to enable it to better invest in archaeological excavation and restoration, promoting archaeological and cultural awareness among the public, diversifying archaeology-related professional services, and producing high-quality commercial products".
This fascinating article examines the new company, its objectives and its activities.
It also says that professional photography will be completely prohibited in museums and at sites, but educational photography will be free. It makes no mention of ordinary tourist photography, so things are still clouded on that subject.
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Egypt
Generating Cash for the SCA
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg11.htm
A new company has been established in Egypt to combat Egypt's inability to pay for conservation, restoration and excavation programmes: "The company is designed to generate revenue for the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) to enable it to better invest in archaeological excavation and restoration, promoting archaeological and cultural awareness among the public, diversifying archaeology-related professional services, and producing high-quality commercial products".
This fascinating article examines the new company, its objectives and its activities.
It also says that professional photography will be completely prohibited in museums and at sites, but educational photography will be free. It makes no mention of ordinary tourist photography, so things are still clouded on that subject.
- New Book: A Secret Voyage
PR Log But only if you have £2600.00 (UKP) to spare! Corbis (www.corbis.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced that it is now exclusively representing a collection of prized Egyptian images by renowned photographer...
- Exhibition: Taking A Shot At Archaeology
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A photography exhibition highlighting more than a century of archaeological cooperation between Europe and Egypt was inaugurated last Thursday at the Egyptian Museum. Nevine El-Aref went along From the beginning of the...
- New Law Expected To Impose Penalties For Antiquities Trafficking And Copyright Of Egypt's Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly Parliament is shortly expected to endorse a draft law outlining severer penalties for antiquities trafficking and copyright of Egypt's heritage, Nevine El-Aref reports Protecting Egypt's cultural heritage from treasure hunters,...
- Photography At The Fitzwilliam Museum (uk)
Fitzwilliam Museum Home Page This will have only a very localized relevance to people visiting musums in the U.K., but I thought it might be of use to some. I recently emailed the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (U.K.) to ask whether they permitted photography...
- More On Live Excavation, Bahariya
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/721/eg10.htm The excavation of burials of middle ranking officials and professional people were excavated live on Channel 5, by Zahi Hawass. Bahariya, the nearest of the northern oases to the Nile, was the home of wine...