Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Securing the Pyramids

"Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate early next year the plan to electronically secure the Pyramids Plateau, implemented over the past 3 years by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the National Security Agency.Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said that the project cost LE 55 million, and includes the establishment of a 15-km fence around the plateau, to protect it from unplanned buildings. The fence is entirely away from the panorama of the pyramids, and does not have a negative impact on the aesthetic scenery of the Plateau. Zahi Hawas Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said that the plan includes providing the area with about 20 electronic gates to regulate and control visits from the security point of view".
This is the complete news item on the State Information Service website. Also shown on the Arabic News website at:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Andie,

You might be interested to know that we have just placed a live webcam on the Pyramids at www.pyramidcam.com

It runs from dawn to sunset and captures a high resolution color image every 30 seconds and displys it on the site.

Cheers,

Jim Sorenson

Andie said...

Hi Jim,

Thanks. I posted an item about this a couple of weeks ago at the following URL.
http://tinyurl.com/9xlyq
I think that it is great and I have visited it frequently - a real chance to visit Egypt on a regular basis without gtting on a plane!!

Cheers
Andie