We saw in the last article how the idea of safeguarding the Nubian monuments started with the establishment of contacts between Dr. Tharwat Okasha, the Egyptian Minister of Culture and Vittorino Veronese, the Director-General of UNESCO, who suggested Okasha send … Continued
In this article and the one that follows, we will bring to light a very important story in the history of the Egyptian heritage – the campaign to save Nubia’s monuments. We cannot talk about Nubia and the famous temple … Continued
Last week, I opened the eyes of readers to the central role modern technology plays today in the process of heritage documentation. This week, I would like to give an example on how indispensable modern technology has become in this … Continued
In the previous three articles we talked about three dimensions of heritage: the historical, geographical and thematic. In this article we are going to see how the use of Modern Technology benefited the process of the documentation of heritage, lifting … Continued
In the previous two articles, we talked about the first two dimensions of Heritage, the Historical and the Geographical dimensions. Today, we will examine a new dimension, namely the Thematic Dimension of Heritage. Years ago the UNESCO divided Heritage into … Continued
As we mentioned in the last article, heritage has four dimensions, and we talked extensively about the first dimension, which is the historical one. Now we are going to cover the second dimension, which is the geographic one. If we … Continued
he most important asset with which Egypt excels above most of the countries of the world is the accumulated inherited cultural and natural wealth that it possesses. Addressing this subject, as much as it is vital to the country, is … Continued