Egypt
- Starting Second Phase Of Developing Pyramids Area Project
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni toured on Sunday 19/10/2008 the second phase of the Pyramids plateau development project. He was accompanied by Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas. The second...
- Pyramids Makeover
Egypt Today (Hossam Zaater) The site of the 5,000-year-old Giza Pyramids is now up to speed with the twenty-first century, complete with cameras, lasers and control rooms. Last month, part of a multi-phase plan to renovate the site of the only remaining...
- Spain Allocates 15 Million Euros To Develop Pyramids Plateau Area
http://tinyurl.com/ynnpvl (sis.gov.eg) "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said the Spanish government granted Egypt 15 million euros to develop the Pyramids Plateau area The minister set up an ad hoc committee under Zahi Hawwas, the Secretary General...
- Rosetta National Museum To Be Inaugurated In November
http://tinyurl.com/e2xwy "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni will inaugurate the Rosetta National Museum after refurbishing works in the second half of November. The rehabilitation operations of the museum took two years to be completed at a total cost...
- Amhoteb Museum Opens Next Month
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o090825f.htm "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni will open early next month Amhoteb Museum in Saqqara, Giza. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawas said the museum will be the first of...
Egypt
Securing the Pyramids
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/
"Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate early next year the plan to electronically secure the Pyramids Plateau, implemented over the past 3 years by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the National Security Agency.Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said that the project cost LE 55 million, and includes the establishment of a 15-km fence around the plateau, to protect it from unplanned buildings. The fence is entirely away from the panorama of the pyramids, and does not have a negative impact on the aesthetic scenery of the Plateau. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said that the plan includes providing the area with about 20 electronic gates to regulate and control visits from the security point of view".
This is the complete news item on the State Information Service website. Also shown on the Arabic News website at:
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/051107/2005110727.html
- Starting Second Phase Of Developing Pyramids Area Project
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni toured on Sunday 19/10/2008 the second phase of the Pyramids plateau development project. He was accompanied by Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas. The second...
- Pyramids Makeover
Egypt Today (Hossam Zaater) The site of the 5,000-year-old Giza Pyramids is now up to speed with the twenty-first century, complete with cameras, lasers and control rooms. Last month, part of a multi-phase plan to renovate the site of the only remaining...
- Spain Allocates 15 Million Euros To Develop Pyramids Plateau Area
http://tinyurl.com/ynnpvl (sis.gov.eg) "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has said the Spanish government granted Egypt 15 million euros to develop the Pyramids Plateau area The minister set up an ad hoc committee under Zahi Hawwas, the Secretary General...
- Rosetta National Museum To Be Inaugurated In November
http://tinyurl.com/e2xwy "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni will inaugurate the Rosetta National Museum after refurbishing works in the second half of November. The rehabilitation operations of the museum took two years to be completed at a total cost...
- Amhoteb Museum Opens Next Month
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o090825f.htm "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni will open early next month Amhoteb Museum in Saqqara, Giza. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawas said the museum will be the first of...