Egypt, Sudan to promote cooperation in antiquity field
Egypt-Sudan, Local, 10/8/2005

The start of a giant Egyptian-Sudanese project in the field of antiquities was announced by Regine Schuiz, Chairperson of the International Committee of Egyptology at the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

At a news conference recently held on the sidelines of a conference of museums at Alexandria Library HQ, Schuiz told reporters the project would be held under the umbrella of ICOM and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

She said that cooperation will involve the establishment of a museum for Nubian antiquities in Sudan's Wadi Halfa near the borders with Egypt.

Schulz called on all museologists to extend a hand in sprucing up the dialogue and communication with each other and widening the scale of cooperation worldwide in research and publication.

"With a dialogue between all colleagues we can create an innovative and good project for the benefit of the protection of the heritage, and also as we are museums for all audiences (WE) serve from school kids up to scholars," she said.

Mohamed El-Beyali, the Director of Upper Egypt Department of Antiquities, said the establishment of the Nubian museum in Wadi Halfa is an important project coming as part of continued cooperation between Cairo and Khartoum in the field of antiquities.

It will be similar to the Nubian museum set up in Egypt's Aswan.

ICOM is an international non-profit organization for museums and museum professionals.

It is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible.

Since its creation in 1946, ICOM has maintained formal relations with UNESCO and has a consultative status with the United Nations' Economic and Social Council.

It also arranges and organizes activities for its 21,000 members, including workshops, publications, and training programs, and the promotion of museums through International Museum Day.

ICOM also organizes an annual meeting in one of its 140 participant countries where more than 300 museologists and archaeologists gather to discuss the latest museological ethics, exchange knowledge, propose further achievements of the various disciplines of museology and introduce new development theories.

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