Thanks to Pierfranco Dotti for this link. The University of Pisa have been undertaking restoration work at the Graeco Roman site of Khelua in the Faiyum (southwest of Cairo).
For the Pisa's concession of Khelua, the problem of the hall covering, after discussion in October 2007 with the competent authorities of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, in the person of the arch. Waad, we are proposing to Dr. Sabri Abd el Aziz General Director for Upper Egypt Antiquities, to effect the covering of the hall (around 170 m2s) through plates of stone supported by the 12 reconstructed pillars. The stone that we will use will be extracted from the same quarry from which we extracted the blocks for the reconstruction of the walls and pillars; the limestone has been selected for geologic affinity with the rock where the grave is cut; the choice of the stone and quarry were done according the study performed by the Dpt of geology-Cairo University for Pisa expedition. After the approval of this proposition, we can proceed realize the works under the supervision of Fayum Architecture Dpt, during the season 2008.
A summary of the 2003-2004 season's work, with some good photographs, can be found on the University of Pisa's Egyptology website.
A map showing location of Khelua in far south west of the Faiyum can be found here, also on the Pisa University website. For those of you who speak Italian, you can click on any of the place names marked with a red dot on the map to go to the
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