Preserving Egypt's Cultural Heritage

Under the directorship of the late Robert K. Vincent, Jr., conservation projects funded by USAID in collaboration with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities ranged widely in their scope. Information about early animal domestication was compiled from prehistoric sites in the Sinai; the shattered sarcophagus of Ramesses VI was reassembled in his tomb; exquisite Greco-Roman mosaics were conserved in Alexandria, and fine Coptic wall paintings were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936770287
• ISBN13: 9780936770284
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 5.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.8" x 12.9"