Egypt
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- Al-alamein Archeological Site To Open For Visitors
Egypt Daily News The Marina Al-Alamein archeological site will open four visitors mid-September, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Tuesday. The archeological site is the largest in the north coast, stretching over 189 acres, the SCA...
- Minister Announces New Antiquities Guidelines
Al Masry Al Youm (Fathya el-Dakhakhni) Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Sunday issued a list of new regulations to be adopted by his ministry in line with guidelines laid out in the recently approved Egyptian Antiquity Protection Law. The 199-article...
- More Re Sinai Discoveries
drhawass.com With two photographs. This article seems to make it clear that instead of four separate sites the discovery is one site, a temple, which includes for different hall components - which actually makes rather more sense. Minister of Culture...
- Mixed Signals In The Egytian Heritage Hierarchy
Al Ahram Weekly While Culture Minister Farouk Hosni was nominated for the post of UNESCO director-general, writes Nevine El-Aref, two of his closest aides are arrested on charges of bribery. . . .This time the furore involves, rather, two of his aides:...
- Zahi Hawass Denies Coverup
Former minister Dr. Zahi Hawass denies recent allegations that have been filed to Egypt's attorney general that he covered up thefts from archaeological sites as well as signing an agreement that threatened the national security of Egypt. Abdel...
Egypt
Hawass appoints new Sec Gen for Supreme Council of Antiquities
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This is the sum total of information on the above site, but hopefully more information will come soon if this is accurate. It is about time that the SCA now has a new head, particularly as Hawass as a minister presumably has other responsibilities than the management of the SCA's multiple interests and people.
Egypt's Minister of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, has Mohammad Abdel-Moneim as Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Abdel-Moneim was the Ministry's general supervisor. He was also the chairman of the Central Administration for Lower Egypt and monuments in Sinai monuments. He discovered many excavations along with important archaeological pieces in North Sinai and the East of the Delta.
- Al-alamein Archeological Site To Open For Visitors
Egypt Daily News The Marina Al-Alamein archeological site will open four visitors mid-September, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Tuesday. The archeological site is the largest in the north coast, stretching over 189 acres, the SCA...
- Minister Announces New Antiquities Guidelines
Al Masry Al Youm (Fathya el-Dakhakhni) Culture Minister Farouk Hosni on Sunday issued a list of new regulations to be adopted by his ministry in line with guidelines laid out in the recently approved Egyptian Antiquity Protection Law. The 199-article...
- More Re Sinai Discoveries
drhawass.com With two photographs. This article seems to make it clear that instead of four separate sites the discovery is one site, a temple, which includes for different hall components - which actually makes rather more sense. Minister of Culture...
- Mixed Signals In The Egytian Heritage Hierarchy
Al Ahram Weekly While Culture Minister Farouk Hosni was nominated for the post of UNESCO director-general, writes Nevine El-Aref, two of his closest aides are arrested on charges of bribery. . . .This time the furore involves, rather, two of his aides:...
- Zahi Hawass Denies Coverup
Former minister Dr. Zahi Hawass denies recent allegations that have been filed to Egypt's attorney general that he covered up thefts from archaeological sites as well as signing an agreement that threatened the national security of Egypt. Abdel...