Egypt
- Rising Water: A Necessary Evil?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level Within the framework of the Ministry...
- Egypt's Sphinx, Pyramids Threatened By Groundwater, Hydrologists Warn
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system to pump subterranean water out from under Egypt's historical Sphinx monument and the underlying bedrock. Subterranean water levels at the Giza...
- Project Resumed In Luxor To Protect Temples From Subterranean Water
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following nine months of delay, an American-Egyptian mission responsible for lowering ground water at archaeological sites in Luxor resumed its work today. The project aims to decrease the subterranean water level that has...
- Keeping The Great Sphinx’s Paws Dry
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Includes diagrams, photographs and a map. Perhaps the single greatest threat to the preservation of Egypt’s monuments is the rising level of underground water throughout the country. Runoff from sewage and agriculture, along...
- Damage To Nile Delta Caused By Climate Change
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1169&format=html This article focuses on the impacts of the changing environment on the future of the Nile Delta. It looks principally at the economic and social consequences of increasing...
Egypt
SCA implements water control projects
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/4/1.asp
"The rise of subterranean water is a source of chronic headache for archaeologists in Egypt. With most sites across the country endangered by rising water levels, officials were forced to work out plans to reduce the already gathered water or, in the worst cases, to dismantle the monument and reconstruct it on higher ground. On the recommendation of Subterranean Water Research Institute studies, the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) is currently supervising the implementation of such projects in several Upper Egyptian sites". See the full article for more.
"The rise of subterranean water is a source of chronic headache for archaeologists in Egypt. With most sites across the country endangered by rising water levels, officials were forced to work out plans to reduce the already gathered water or, in the worst cases, to dismantle the monument and reconstruct it on higher ground. On the recommendation of Subterranean Water Research Institute studies, the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) is currently supervising the implementation of such projects in several Upper Egyptian sites". See the full article for more.
- Rising Water: A Necessary Evil?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level Within the framework of the Ministry...
- Egypt's Sphinx, Pyramids Threatened By Groundwater, Hydrologists Warn
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system to pump subterranean water out from under Egypt's historical Sphinx monument and the underlying bedrock. Subterranean water levels at the Giza...
- Project Resumed In Luxor To Protect Temples From Subterranean Water
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following nine months of delay, an American-Egyptian mission responsible for lowering ground water at archaeological sites in Luxor resumed its work today. The project aims to decrease the subterranean water level that has...
- Keeping The Great Sphinx’s Paws Dry
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Includes diagrams, photographs and a map. Perhaps the single greatest threat to the preservation of Egypt’s monuments is the rising level of underground water throughout the country. Runoff from sewage and agriculture, along...
- Damage To Nile Delta Caused By Climate Change
http://www.cairomagazine.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=1169&format=html This article focuses on the impacts of the changing environment on the future of the Nile Delta. It looks principally at the economic and social consequences of increasing...