Egypt
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/733/eg5.htm
"Culture Minister Farouk Hosni told reporters that a real life trial move would take place in the next two months. A copy of the statue -- formed to its exact weight and shape -- would be used to test the stability and power of the vehicles meant to transport it. The replica would even take the 'deteriorating parts of the real statue into account,' Hosni said."
- 1st Stage Of Pyramids Plateau Development Project Opened
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni accompanied with Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawwas, inaugurated Monday 11/8/2008 the first stage of the Giza pyramids plateau development project. The...
- More On Ramesses Statue Move
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6831 "Carved in StoneHot off the Da Vinci debate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni refused to budge an inch over the planned removal of the statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square. The move is scheduled...
- Farewell To Ramesses
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/fr2.htm"On Friday 25 August, at 6am, when Cairo traffic is at its quietest, the colossus of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramses II will begin its journey from outside Bab Al-Hadid train station to its new home at the site...
- Reshuffle
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/eg20.htmFollowing the elections, President Hosni Mubarak ordered Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to form a new cabinet. The reshuffle leaves the Minister for Culture (and minister responsible for the Supreme Council of Antiquities),...
- Archaeological Finds Unearthed In Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o190825f.htmAn Egyptian State Information Service bulletin: "A joint Egyptian-German mission have found wooden artefact, coins and old manuscripts in Minya governorate, 250 kilometers south of Cairo, Minister of Culture...
Egypt
More on Moving Ramesses
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/733/eg5.htm
"Culture Minister Farouk Hosni told reporters that a real life trial move would take place in the next two months. A copy of the statue -- formed to its exact weight and shape -- would be used to test the stability and power of the vehicles meant to transport it. The replica would even take the 'deteriorating parts of the real statue into account,' Hosni said."
- 1st Stage Of Pyramids Plateau Development Project Opened
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni accompanied with Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawwas, inaugurated Monday 11/8/2008 the first stage of the Giza pyramids plateau development project. The...
- More On Ramesses Statue Move
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6831 "Carved in StoneHot off the Da Vinci debate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni refused to budge an inch over the planned removal of the statue of Ramses II from Ramses Square. The move is scheduled...
- Farewell To Ramesses
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/fr2.htm"On Friday 25 August, at 6am, when Cairo traffic is at its quietest, the colossus of the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramses II will begin its journey from outside Bab Al-Hadid train station to its new home at the site...
- Reshuffle
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/eg20.htmFollowing the elections, President Hosni Mubarak ordered Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to form a new cabinet. The reshuffle leaves the Minister for Culture (and minister responsible for the Supreme Council of Antiquities),...
- Archaeological Finds Unearthed In Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o190825f.htmAn Egyptian State Information Service bulletin: "A joint Egyptian-German mission have found wooden artefact, coins and old manuscripts in Minya governorate, 250 kilometers south of Cairo, Minister of Culture...