Site Management In Egypt
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Image via WikipediaEgypt is now implementing comprehensive, long-term site management programs all over the country, combining historic preservation with the construction of facilities that improve the experience of visitors to Egypt’s monuments.
The work is concentrated on sites that are frequented by tourists, as mass tourism is one of the most serious threats to Egypt’s tombs and temples. The main elements of the plan are:
1. Creating safe zones around archaeological sites to protect them from their outside surroundings and environmental threats. Protective measures are in place at sites including the Unfinished Obelisk Quarry in Aswan, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Saqqara, Pompey’s Pillar in Alexandria, and Kom El-Dikka. Future locations include Tell Basta and San El-Hagar in the Delta and Marina, to the west of Alexandria.
2. Building visitors’ centers to introduce the sites to tourists, among them the Unfinished Obelisk Quarry, Edfu, Deir El-Bahari, and the Valley of the Kings.
3. Creating access routes to keep tourists away from the walls of monuments and other fragile areas of sites.
4. Building facilities for tourists, including bazaars, cafeterias, and restrooms.
5. Perhaps most importantly, putting comprehensive conservations plans in place for the sites, ensuring highly trained specialists working in conservation and site management all over Egypt and educating personnel on how to go about the day-to-day business of administering and preserving the monuments.
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