Egypt
http://www.agenews.it/notizia.php?c=11&in=32006
- Three Day Conference In Luxor
AllAfrica The Ministry of Antiquities, in cooperation with the mission of the German Archaeological Institute, will organize a three-day international conference in Luxor on Saturday. The conference's theme is the scientific modern techniques in...
- Imalqata Project Update - Everything Amenhotep
iMalqata Project With some useful links. 2012 is turning out to be the year of Amenhotep III. In addition to our work at his jubilee palace-city at Malqata, excavations and restoration projects are going on in the king’s mortuary temple, his tomb...
- Colossi Of Memnon To Be Restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) In collaboration with the European archaeological mission, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is undertaking a comprehensive project to restore the colossi of Memnon on Luxor’s west bank. The project aims to return...
- The Results Of Fieldwork At Kom El-hettan (amenhotep Iii, Luxor)
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press Release (see the above page for the full story). With photos. During their excavation at the funerary temple of the 18th Dynasty king, Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC), at Kom el-Hettan on the west bank of Luxor, the mission...
- Chephren Pyramid Open For Visitors Saturday
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o311224g.htm "Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will re-open the Pyramid of King Chephren in Giza as of Saturday after the completion of restoration works. In statements, Hosni said the third Pyramid of Mycerinus will...
Egypt
Restoration of the temple of Amenhotep III
http://www.agenews.it/notizia.php?c=11&in=32006
The above URL is in Italian - here is one of my horrible translations. I can only translate Italian from my Spanish, so if you read Italian I recommend that you visit the site. Thanks to the EEF newsletter for pointing it out.
A plan for the restoration of the temple of Amenhotep III (King of Egypt from 1411 to the 1357 BC), and its surrounding area on the left side of the Nile, near Luxor, has been initiated by the Ministry of Egyptian Culture, in collaboration with the SCA. The project also looks at the rescue of the Colossi of Memnon, gigantic stone statues that are under the risk of erosion from groundwaters raised due to agricultural irrigation. Water levels in the past have already hindered the restoration of the temple.
- Three Day Conference In Luxor
AllAfrica The Ministry of Antiquities, in cooperation with the mission of the German Archaeological Institute, will organize a three-day international conference in Luxor on Saturday. The conference's theme is the scientific modern techniques in...
- Imalqata Project Update - Everything Amenhotep
iMalqata Project With some useful links. 2012 is turning out to be the year of Amenhotep III. In addition to our work at his jubilee palace-city at Malqata, excavations and restoration projects are going on in the king’s mortuary temple, his tomb...
- Colossi Of Memnon To Be Restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) In collaboration with the European archaeological mission, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is undertaking a comprehensive project to restore the colossi of Memnon on Luxor’s west bank. The project aims to return...
- The Results Of Fieldwork At Kom El-hettan (amenhotep Iii, Luxor)
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Press Release (see the above page for the full story). With photos. During their excavation at the funerary temple of the 18th Dynasty king, Amenhotep III (c. 1390-1352 BC), at Kom el-Hettan on the west bank of Luxor, the mission...
- Chephren Pyramid Open For Visitors Saturday
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o311224g.htm "Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will re-open the Pyramid of King Chephren in Giza as of Saturday after the completion of restoration works. In statements, Hosni said the third Pyramid of Mycerinus will...