Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
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Egypt
Report: Fourth annual Festival of Archaeologists, Cairo
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
Recently we celebrated the fourth annual Festival of Archaeologists at the Cairo Opera House. I began the idea four years ago of having a day to celebrate the achievements of Egyptian archaeologists, and making a place for them to meet together and with their foreign colleagues.
I chose the date of January 14th to hold this celebration because it is the anniversary of the date in 1953 that Mostafa Amer became the first Egyptian to be named the head of Egyptian antiquities. This marks an important moment in Egyptians gaining authority over their own heritage, so I decided it would be the best date, and we hold the celebration at the Opera House in Cairo, which is a very beautiful space.
Now we meet on this day every year, beginning at 7 pm, with a 15-minute film talking about all the projects that Egyptian archaeologists are running. These include museums and site management programs for pharaonic, Coptic, Jewish, and Islamic sites and monuments, as well as training programs that we are implementing.
- Archaeologists Will Forego National Day This Year
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) This year archaeologists will forego celebrating Archaeologists Day as it coincides with the anniversary of the January 2011 revolution. Mohamed Ibrahim, minister of state for antiquities, decided to cancel the celebration...
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/838/he1.htm"If any ancient Egyptian spirits are still with us, then they were gathered at the Cairo Opera House last week when Egyptologists met to celebrate their first official day of tribute. The grand theatre became...