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ECHO Publications are pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the
Proceedings of the First ECHO Conference on:
Egyptian Cultural Heritage Management:
Managing Egypt’s Cultural Heritage:
Proceedings of the First Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organisation Conference on: Egyptian Cultural Heritage Management
Executive Series Editor F. A. Hassan
Edited by L.S. Owens & A. De Trafford
Commissioning Editors G. J. Tassie & J. van Wetering
This volume of the proceedings of the First Annual ECHO Conference, held in London in 2004, marks the first in a series of Occasional Papers by ECHO Publications. The papers in this volume cover many areas of cultural heritage management, from the theoretical to the practical, from cutting edge technology to simple conservation measures. The periods covered range from the Predynastic to the Coptic and Islamic periods. All the papers in this volume contribute in some way to preserving Egypt’s cultural heritage for the present and future generations. This volume is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone interested in preserving Egypt’s cultural and natural heritage.
Contributors Include: Fekri A. Hassan – Site Management of Prehistoric Sites in the South Sinai; N. P. Finneran - Safeguarding the Christian Heritage of Egypt….. and a Wider Northeastern African Context; G. J. Tassie - Sites and Monuments Records and Cultural Heritage Management; Kathy Tubb - The Illicit Trade in Egyptian Antiquities: The Law and Ethical Issues; Saleh Lamei - Safeguarding the Cairene Historical Significance Challenges, Conservation and Rehabilitation, A De Trafford - Tourists’ Experience of the Pyramids with Texts at Saqqara; L. S. Owens et al. - Retrieval, Conservation, Archiving and Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Human Remains; Nathalie Swift - Creating Egyptian Archives; Emad Khalil – Where Did the Harbours Go? J. Johnstone & G. J. Tassie – Egyptian Dance: Intangible Cultural Heritage; Stephen Quirke & Okasha el-Daly - Transliteration Traditions;
Hany Hanna - Abu Mena Archaeological Area: an Egyptian World Heritage in Danger, A Primary Investigation; A. Sutherland - Field Conservation Techniques at Kafr Hassan Dawood; Darren Glazier & Alistair Jones - Not just Egyptians; not just Europeans: different cultures, working together…’ Examining the Heritage of Quseir, Egypt; Clifford Price et al. - Conserving the Temple of Abydos; Salima Ikram - May They Live Forever: the Examination, Care, and Curation of Egyptian Mummies; Alejandro Jiménez Serrano et al. - Primary Efforts to Save the Temple of Horus at Edfu; Dorian Fuller – The Nubian Rescue Campaigns; Michael Seymour – Cultural Heritage Management and Development in Egypt, and many more papers by leading archaeologists, conservators and heritage managers.
| Due to the expansion of contributors the publication date of this book has been altered to 2007. This expansion of this publication makes the coverage of this volume more comprehensive. |
All correspondence should be sent to ECHO at: egyptianheritage@yahoo.co.uk
Postal Address for Orders:
ECHO Conference Publishers,
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Please note ECHO members should contact ECHO Publications at the address above for their 10% discount.
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