Egypt
- Egypt's Four Year Membership Of The Unesco Committee Expired
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During the eighteenth session of the General Assembly the World Heritage Convention, which took place during the General Conference of UNESCO from 7- 9 November, Egypt and Jordan concluded their four-year-long membership...
- New Book: Unesco - Managing Historic Cities
World Heritage Convention Slightly off-topic but may be of interest to some readers. Managing Historic Cities, World Heritage Series n°27. With over 250 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, cities are one of the most abundant and diverse...
- World Heritage Sites: Threat Or Promise?
http://tinyurl.com/yxnyep (arabnews.com) An article about the pros and cons of establishing a site as a World Heritage Site. It is specific to three sites recently nominated in Saudi Arabia, but puts them into the context of more general issues: "Automobile...
- Unesco World Heritage Sites
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/16/news/trherit.php?rssOne of the International Herald Tribune's multi page reviews of an international heritage issue. This looks at the role of Unesco, the relative value of adding more sites to the list, and...
- Final Decisions Of 29th Session Of World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/190 "The Decisions adopted at the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005, are now available online at the following address" (PDF format): http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2005/whc29com-22e.pdf...
Egypt
World Heritage Map
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=319
It's a slow time of year for Egyptology news, so here's a little something just slightly off topic, for those of you who are interested - a complete map of the World Heritage sites, including those in Egypt, is available either electronically in PDF format, or in print (free of charge) at the above web address:
"This large format full-color map features the 812 World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes, as well as superb photos of World Heritages sites with explanatory captions.
The dimensions of the map are 58 cm by 89 cm (23 in. by 35 in.), and it can be downloaded below. If you would like to receive a free printed map, please register on the World Heritage website with your name and address and to specify your preferred language (English, French or Spanish) at this address:http://whc.unesco.org/en/register/".
The dimensions of the map are 58 cm by 89 cm (23 in. by 35 in.), and it can be downloaded below. If you would like to receive a free printed map, please register on the World Heritage website with your name and address and to specify your preferred language (English, French or Spanish) at this address:http://whc.unesco.org/en/register/".
- Egypt's Four Year Membership Of The Unesco Committee Expired
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) During the eighteenth session of the General Assembly the World Heritage Convention, which took place during the General Conference of UNESCO from 7- 9 November, Egypt and Jordan concluded their four-year-long membership...
- New Book: Unesco - Managing Historic Cities
World Heritage Convention Slightly off-topic but may be of interest to some readers. Managing Historic Cities, World Heritage Series n°27. With over 250 properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, cities are one of the most abundant and diverse...
- World Heritage Sites: Threat Or Promise?
http://tinyurl.com/yxnyep (arabnews.com) An article about the pros and cons of establishing a site as a World Heritage Site. It is specific to three sites recently nominated in Saudi Arabia, but puts them into the context of more general issues: "Automobile...
- Unesco World Heritage Sites
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/16/news/trherit.php?rssOne of the International Herald Tribune's multi page reviews of an international heritage issue. This looks at the role of Unesco, the relative value of adding more sites to the list, and...
- Final Decisions Of 29th Session Of World Heritage Committee
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/190 "The Decisions adopted at the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Durban, South Africa from 10 to 17 July 2005, are now available online at the following address" (PDF format): http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2005/whc29com-22e.pdf...