Saadi Zaki, Director General of the Restoration of Upper Egypt’s Antiquities and Museums, confirmed that there has been a major boom in the restoration of antiquities in the recent period, after the Prime Minister’s visit to the temples, including Karnak Temple and the Road of Rams, as well as the Temple of Habu, and the announcement of the shrine of the god Amun Ra in Abydos began, and all of these are works Restoration done by pure Egyptian hands.
He explained, during a telephone interview on the “Today” program, via the “DMC” channel, with the media, Sarah Hazem, that Egyptians trained in the restoration work, restored the cabin of Amon Ra in Abydos, explaining that the mechanical restoration was carried out to remove the dirt on the surface, then the chemical restoration. By testing chemicals for the stability of their success, which could not be removed by mechanical restoration.
The team of restorers and archaeologists of the Supreme Council of Antiquities completed the restoration work of the shrine of the god Amun-Ra, one of the seven chapels in the Temple of Seti I in Abydos, Sohag Governorate.
Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, explained that the restoration work being witnessed by the Temple of Seti I in the current period and other temples and archaeological sites throughout the Republic comes within the framework of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ plan to develop archaeological sites in a way that works to attract visitors from Egyptians and tourists and encourage the cultural tourism product The arrival to Egypt, adding that it is scheduled to restore all the chapels of the temple successively, as the restoration of the shrine of the god Ra Hor Akhti has recently begun.
Sun, Aug. 21, 2022
