http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2007/06/02/etsavvy102.xml
This article is less about Egyptology than about heritage management in general, although the author starts with an example in Saqqara, but it raises the issue of whether reconstruction work that attempts to take original monuments and artefacts and restore them to their former glory is really appropriate: "I have no objection in principle to reconstruction at archaeological sites. Done well, such projects can be highly evocative - the rebuilt façade of the Roman Library of Celsus at Ephesus is a good example, which I think helps visitors enjoy trying to recapture a sense of the city and its buildings. But there is a problem when the terminology becomes blurred and words such as 'original' or 'authentic' are bandied about too freely.
It is, after all, an important issue for tourists. One of the strongest pulls for the traveller is the quest to see and experience 'the real thing': the buildings, artefacts and works of art that are either famous in their own right or are part of the draw of a particular place."
This article is less about Egyptology than about heritage management in general, although the author starts with an example in Saqqara, but it raises the issue of whether reconstruction work that attempts to take original monuments and artefacts and restore them to their former glory is really appropriate: "I have no objection in principle to reconstruction at archaeological sites. Done well, such projects can be highly evocative - the rebuilt façade of the Roman Library of Celsus at Ephesus is a good example, which I think helps visitors enjoy trying to recapture a sense of the city and its buildings. But there is a problem when the terminology becomes blurred and words such as 'original' or 'authentic' are bandied about too freely.
It is, after all, an important issue for tourists. One of the strongest pulls for the traveller is the quest to see and experience 'the real thing': the buildings, artefacts and works of art that are either famous in their own right or are part of the draw of a particular place."
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