Egypt
- Replicas In The Valley Of The Kings?
Al Ahram Weekly (Riad Tawfik) Tourism experts have greeted a plan to open replica tombs for tourists on the west bank at Luxor with considerable scepticism, writes Riad Tawfik Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has recently announced a radical plan...
- Tourism: Tourist Regulations In The Vok
drhawass.com Many people who come to Egypt like to take pictures everywhere, to remember their visit. However, many people come into the Cairo Museum and take pictures with flash, even though there are signs everywhere saying no flash photography, which...
- Ancient Royal Burial Ground Found In Egypt: Report
ABC Science Archaeologists have uncovered ancient wooden coffins in what appears to be a royal burial ground near the necropolis of Abydos in southern Egypt, the state-run MENA news agency reported overnight. The agency said that the discovery, made...
- 5,000-year-old Cemetery Found In S Egypt
Xinhuanet An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal burial ground in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The cemetery was discovered in Umm el-Ga'ab area, south of the historical city...
- Excavation Team Formed
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni named the first antiquities excavation team under Dr. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Antiquities Supreme Council to operate in Valley of the Kings in Luxor to unearth a number of tombs...
Egypt
Saving the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings
http://english.people.com.cn/200701/14/eng20070114_341075.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/13/content_5602668.htm
"Egypt has had a new plan to preserve the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings on the western bank of the Nile River in the southern city of Luxor, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. According to the plan by the Supreme Council of Antiquities, touring times and duration will be limited and tour revenues will be funneled into restoration projects of the tombs."
A copy of the current VOK masterplan is at:
A copy of the current VOK masterplan is at:
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/about/masterplan.html
- Replicas In The Valley Of The Kings?
Al Ahram Weekly (Riad Tawfik) Tourism experts have greeted a plan to open replica tombs for tourists on the west bank at Luxor with considerable scepticism, writes Riad Tawfik Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has recently announced a radical plan...
- Tourism: Tourist Regulations In The Vok
drhawass.com Many people who come to Egypt like to take pictures everywhere, to remember their visit. However, many people come into the Cairo Museum and take pictures with flash, even though there are signs everywhere saying no flash photography, which...
- Ancient Royal Burial Ground Found In Egypt: Report
ABC Science Archaeologists have uncovered ancient wooden coffins in what appears to be a royal burial ground near the necropolis of Abydos in southern Egypt, the state-run MENA news agency reported overnight. The agency said that the discovery, made...
- 5,000-year-old Cemetery Found In S Egypt
Xinhuanet An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal burial ground in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The cemetery was discovered in Umm el-Ga'ab area, south of the historical city...
- Excavation Team Formed
Egypt State Information Service Culture Minister Farouk Hosni named the first antiquities excavation team under Dr. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Antiquities Supreme Council to operate in Valley of the Kings in Luxor to unearth a number of tombs...