Egypt
The Egyptian Gazette (Hassan Saadallah)
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Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Bokova has been showing UNESCO's support for the Egyptian revolution and giving her assurance that the international body would back the integrity of the nation's archaeological treasures after the thuggery and...
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova inspected the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to check the damage after it was robbed during the chaos of the January 25 Revolution. Guided by Tarek El-Awadi, director general of the...
- Lahun Excavation Is Shut Down
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Hopefully further information will emerge to clarify the situation. Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators The Permanent Committee of Egyptian Antiquities...
- Mummy Analysis Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ This page will be up for the next week, on the Egyptian Mail website. There's an introductory parapgraph about Tutankhamun and the value of the treasures from that and other tombs, and then some information...
- Upgrading Queen Hatsheput's Temple
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/A short piece by Hassan Saadallah about rennovations to the temple of the Deir el Bahri temple of Queen Hatshepsut: "An urgent project will start soon to preserve the el-Deir el-Bahari Temple of Queen Hatshepsut...
Egypt
Lahun to be upgraded
The Egyptian Gazette (Hassan Saadallah)
The Government has agreed to launch an urgent plan for upgrading the historic site of el-Lahun near Fayoum, about 60km south of Cairo, home to Pharaonic treasures, Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said.
He added that this archaeological site will be developed to preserve its treasures that include a rare collection of mummies, which he stressed are in a good shape.
Hawass has denied receiving a letter from UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expressing her concern over reports claiming that some of the mummies were damaged during an excavation by an Egyptian team.
"These reports are baseless and the Ministry never stood idle while anyone, whether Egyptian or foreign, was seen damaging mummies," he stressed.
However, Hawass said that he had ordered the formation of an ad hoc committee to appraise the antiquities in this area and draw up a comprehensive excavation and restoration project for it.
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Bokova has been showing UNESCO's support for the Egyptian revolution and giving her assurance that the international body would back the integrity of the nation's archaeological treasures after the thuggery and...
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova inspected the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to check the damage after it was robbed during the chaos of the January 25 Revolution. Guided by Tarek El-Awadi, director general of the...
- Lahun Excavation Is Shut Down
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Hopefully further information will emerge to clarify the situation. Excavations at the Lahoun archaeological site in Fayoum have been halted due to negligence of the excavators The Permanent Committee of Egyptian Antiquities...
- Mummy Analysis Project
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/egyptian_mail/m2/ This page will be up for the next week, on the Egyptian Mail website. There's an introductory parapgraph about Tutankhamun and the value of the treasures from that and other tombs, and then some information...
- Upgrading Queen Hatsheput's Temple
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/A short piece by Hassan Saadallah about rennovations to the temple of the Deir el Bahri temple of Queen Hatshepsut: "An urgent project will start soon to preserve the el-Deir el-Bahari Temple of Queen Hatshepsut...