Egypt
Bikya Masr (Joseph Mayton)
- More Re Troubles That Caused Leadership Change At The Sca
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Abdel-Fattah told Al-Ahram Weekly that his resignation did not stem from fear of the protests, but rather the contrary. "My resignation is not from floundering or cowardice, but I cannot direct the SCA in this form," he...
- Renovations Resumed At Djoser's Step Pyramid
Youm7 (Dina Abd El Aleem) Mohammed Abdel Fattah, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspected the ongoing renovations at the step pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara with General Mohammed el-Sheikha, head of the developments unit of...
- Pm Finally Appoints New Chief For Sca
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has resolved a crisis at the Supreme Council of Antiquities by appointing Mohamed Abdel Fattah as secretary general. The council was temporarily headed by Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, who had...
- Breaking News - Hawass Replaced As Minister Of Antiquities?
There are reports coming in that Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities, has resigned his position or been replaced during or following the most recent cabinet reshuffle. It appears that his replacement is Dr Abdel Fattah Al-Banna from Cairo University....
- Protecting Akhenaten's Boundary Stela
El Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With a good summary of the role and importance of the boundary stelae In 1906, one of these stelae was blown up and in 1989 it was rumoured that another of the stelae had deteriorated. However, as Mohamed Abdel-Fattah,...
Egypt
More re Abdel Fattah
Bikya Masr (Joseph Mayton)
Abdel Fattah is not a well-known figure across Egypt, but archaeologists told Bikyamasr.com that they believe he will be a solid replacement and is not as controversial as Hawass.
One German researcher in the country said that Abdel Fattah is “known to be a fair and honest man and is open to different opinions, unlike Hawass.”
A number of archaeologists are excited with the change, hoping that it will enable greater discourse, which they say was stifled by Hawass’ rule, where “too often opinions that were not in line with what he [Hawass] thought true were ridiculed and sometimes foreign workers were barred from digging.”
Abdel Fattah told local newspapers that he would complete several unfinished construction projects, while cautioning that others would have to be postponed because of a lack of money.
- More Re Troubles That Caused Leadership Change At The Sca
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Abdel-Fattah told Al-Ahram Weekly that his resignation did not stem from fear of the protests, but rather the contrary. "My resignation is not from floundering or cowardice, but I cannot direct the SCA in this form," he...
- Renovations Resumed At Djoser's Step Pyramid
Youm7 (Dina Abd El Aleem) Mohammed Abdel Fattah, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspected the ongoing renovations at the step pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara with General Mohammed el-Sheikha, head of the developments unit of...
- Pm Finally Appoints New Chief For Sca
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has resolved a crisis at the Supreme Council of Antiquities by appointing Mohamed Abdel Fattah as secretary general. The council was temporarily headed by Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud, who had...
- Breaking News - Hawass Replaced As Minister Of Antiquities?
There are reports coming in that Zahi Hawass, Minister of State for Antiquities, has resigned his position or been replaced during or following the most recent cabinet reshuffle. It appears that his replacement is Dr Abdel Fattah Al-Banna from Cairo University....
- Protecting Akhenaten's Boundary Stela
El Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) With a good summary of the role and importance of the boundary stelae In 1906, one of these stelae was blown up and in 1989 it was rumoured that another of the stelae had deteriorated. However, as Mohamed Abdel-Fattah,...