Egypt’s head of Islamic, Coptic, Jewish antiquities sector follows up on progress of project of restoring archeological village of Al-Bahnasa in Minya

Egypt’s head of Islamic, Coptic, Jewish antiquities sector follows up on progress of project of restoring archeological village of Al-Bahnasa in Minya

 

CAIRO - 22 January 2021:Egypt's head of Islamic, Coptic and Jewish antiquities sector Dr.Osama Talaat followed up on the progress of project of restoring archeological village of Al-Bahnasa in Minya.

 

 Talaat said that this project  is carried out in cooperation with the National Service Projects Organization of the Armed Forces under the supervision of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

 

He added that  the project aims to rehabilitate the archaeological site and develop the surrounding area to raise the efficiency of tourism services and create a network of improved roads, in preparation for placing it on the tourism map of Egypt.

 

 He said that the project includes restoring the shrines, developing the entrances and exits of the area, building a complete lighting system, and putting in place labels to identify the shrines and their owners, in addition to surrounding them with fences to protect them with Islamic-style wooden doors that fit the archaeological nature of the place, installing stone tiles and replacing the damaged ceilings.

 

 The head of the Islamic, Coptic and Jewish Antiquities Sector also followed up on the progress of work in the project of restoration of