Egypt
- Exploring The Viritual Valley Of The Kings
Heritage Key (Fran Wilde) Heritage Key's Valley of the Kings is much easier to reach than the real-world Valley - simply register for a Heritage Key account, follow a few easy steps, and you'll find yourself shortly in the Travel Hub, where you...
- Site Management: Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The site of Giza is one of the most visited sites in Egypt. Everyone who comes to Egypt visits the great pyramids that dominate the landscape here. In the past, the site was crowded, cars were everywhere and also people selling...
- Site Management In Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) I am very proud that since I took office as the Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, I have been able to bring the concept of site management to Egypt for the first time. We are now implementing comprehensive,...
- Thutmose Iii In Edinburgh
http://www.sundayherald.com/52956A good description of the reconstructed tomb of Thutmose III, part of the exhibition currently showing in Edinburgh: "Outside, it might look like a wooden box, but inside, it’s the burial chamber of Pharaoh Thutmose...
- Facial Reconstruction Of Tutankhamun
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ "Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the SupremeCouncil of Antiquities (SCA), announced yesterday theresults of three independent attempts to reconstructthe face of Egypt's most famous King, Tutankhamun. Dr...
Egypt
It looks authentic but is it real?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2007/06/02/etsavvy102.xml
This article is less about Egyptology than about heritage management in general, although the author starts with an example in Saqqara, but it raises the issue of whether reconstruction work that attempts to take original monuments and artefacts and restore them to their former glory is really appropriate: "I have no objection in principle to reconstruction at archaeological sites. Done well, such projects can be highly evocative - the rebuilt façade of the Roman Library of Celsus at Ephesus is a good example, which I think helps visitors enjoy trying to recapture a sense of the city and its buildings. But there is a problem when the terminology becomes blurred and words such as 'original' or 'authentic' are bandied about too freely.
It is, after all, an important issue for tourists. One of the strongest pulls for the traveller is the quest to see and experience 'the real thing': the buildings, artefacts and works of art that are either famous in their own right or are part of the draw of a particular place."
This article is less about Egyptology than about heritage management in general, although the author starts with an example in Saqqara, but it raises the issue of whether reconstruction work that attempts to take original monuments and artefacts and restore them to their former glory is really appropriate: "I have no objection in principle to reconstruction at archaeological sites. Done well, such projects can be highly evocative - the rebuilt façade of the Roman Library of Celsus at Ephesus is a good example, which I think helps visitors enjoy trying to recapture a sense of the city and its buildings. But there is a problem when the terminology becomes blurred and words such as 'original' or 'authentic' are bandied about too freely.
It is, after all, an important issue for tourists. One of the strongest pulls for the traveller is the quest to see and experience 'the real thing': the buildings, artefacts and works of art that are either famous in their own right or are part of the draw of a particular place."
- Exploring The Viritual Valley Of The Kings
Heritage Key (Fran Wilde) Heritage Key's Valley of the Kings is much easier to reach than the real-world Valley - simply register for a Heritage Key account, follow a few easy steps, and you'll find yourself shortly in the Travel Hub, where you...
- Site Management: Giza
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) The site of Giza is one of the most visited sites in Egypt. Everyone who comes to Egypt visits the great pyramids that dominate the landscape here. In the past, the site was crowded, cars were everywhere and also people selling...
- Site Management In Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) I am very proud that since I took office as the Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, I have been able to bring the concept of site management to Egypt for the first time. We are now implementing comprehensive,...
- Thutmose Iii In Edinburgh
http://www.sundayherald.com/52956A good description of the reconstructed tomb of Thutmose III, part of the exhibition currently showing in Edinburgh: "Outside, it might look like a wooden box, but inside, it’s the burial chamber of Pharaoh Thutmose...
- Facial Reconstruction Of Tutankhamun
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ "Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the SupremeCouncil of Antiquities (SCA), announced yesterday theresults of three independent attempts to reconstructthe face of Egypt's most famous King, Tutankhamun. Dr...