Egypt
- Heritage At What Cost?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Almost two months since he took on Egypt's antiquities portfolio, Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim tells Nevine El-Aref about his plans to develop and preserve Egypt's heritage -- including upping...
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- Another Call For Egypt's Pm To Save Antiquities
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An official letter, signed by top officials and legal consultants in the ministry of state for antiquities affairs, call for the Egypt’s PM Essam Sharaf to appoint a minister of antiquities immediately. Three weeks following...
- Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...
- Sca Website
Supreme Council of Antiquities (English www.sca-egypt.org/ara/main.htm (Arabic) There's been a lot of talk recently about the SCA website and the information it contains about which sites are open and what ticket prices cost. The site is available...
Egypt
Statement from the SCA
The Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF) has posted the following update from the SCA, with my thanks to EEF for continuing to do such a great job. I don't normally republish items posted on EEF, because I assume that most of my readers will be subscribers, but this is an important statement that should probably be shared.
Dear Colleagues,
In the last few weeks as you all watched and heard in the media that the Ministry of State for Antiquates returned back to be Supreme Council of Antiquates which has maintained its independence from the Ministry of Culture, it is reporting directly to the Cabinet and the Prime Minister.
Mr. Mohamed Abdel Fattah is the Secretary General of the SCA and all official letters should be addressed to him.
In the last days many rumors were widespread about stopping the work of the Foreign missions in Egypt, others saying that no more excavation will be undertaken in Egypt.
Therefore, I would like to pay your attention to the fact that all what you hear or read is completely wrong, since you did not receive an official note from our department.
The SCA are not intended to stop any excavation work in Egypt, except for some sites which are under threat from robbery according to the security reports. Therefore, The Permanent Committee has suspended only some excavation work for some missions due to the security statues of each site. However, the study season or conservation and protection work are approved at all the sites. In other words, the SCA is dealing with sites case-by-case according to its security conditions.
I would like also to inform you that our department is ready to receive any application and it is working with the same system as before.
There is no change at all till further notice.
You can visit our website to see our regulation
http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/FMR_RR.htm
Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled
Director of the P. Committee & Foreign Missions Affairs
Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)
3. El Adel Abou Bakr St.
Zamalek, Cairo
- Heritage At What Cost?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Almost two months since he took on Egypt's antiquities portfolio, Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim tells Nevine El-Aref about his plans to develop and preserve Egypt's heritage -- including upping...
- The Dissolution Of The Antiquities Ministry
For a general update about the current state of the cabinet reshuffle see Shaden Shehab's report on Al Ahram Weekly. Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Azouz) A bold statement from the new head of the SCA. No one has been named to replace the previous and...
- Another Call For Egypt's Pm To Save Antiquities
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) An official letter, signed by top officials and legal consultants in the ministry of state for antiquities affairs, call for the Egypt’s PM Essam Sharaf to appoint a minister of antiquities immediately. Three weeks following...
- Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...
- Sca Website
Supreme Council of Antiquities (English www.sca-egypt.org/ara/main.htm (Arabic) There's been a lot of talk recently about the SCA website and the information it contains about which sites are open and what ticket prices cost. The site is available...