Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
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- Laser Survey To Be Performed On The Step Pyramid At Saqqara
guardians.net Thanks very much to Rick Menges for sending me the above link. It is a press release but there's no date on it. H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), in collaboration with...
Egypt
Restoration of Step Pyramid continues
Al Masry Al Youm
The restoration works will not damage or endanger the monument, Supreme Council of Antiquities head Mostafa Amin said following a field tour Tuesday at the pyramid in Saqqara.
Renovation works are being completed according to a plan laid out to protect the pyramid, according to Amin. Workers have finished cleaning the sand and blemishes accumulated over time from its six steps to remove the added weight from the pyramid.
The restoration includes replacing worn-out stone bricks with new pieces made of the same materials, as well as replacing unstable stones to prevent their collapse. Holes and gaps on top of the six steps have also been filled.
- Restoration Of Second Khufu Boat Commences
Washington Post Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, spokesmen for a joint...
- German Scholarships To Supreme Council Of Antiquities
Youm 7 (Dina Abdel Aleem) German Institute for Antiquities in Cairo dedicated 40 training scholarships for workers at the Supreme Council of Antiquities in different archaeological specialties. The scholarships aim to train workers and specialists in...
- 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...
- Issues Topping The Antiquities Agenda In Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Following the 25 January Revolution and the drastic decrease in tourism to Egypt, the income of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) reached its lowest level ever and its budget had to be curtailed. This meant that...
- Laser Survey To Be Performed On The Step Pyramid At Saqqara
guardians.net Thanks very much to Rick Menges for sending me the above link. It is a press release but there's no date on it. H.E. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced that the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), in collaboration with...