Egyptian international center for restoring citadel monuments

Egypt's Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni agreed on establishing the first Egyptian international center for restoring and maintaining monuments and archeological sites in Egypt and Middle East in collaboration with the Italian government.

In this connection, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr. Gaballah Ali Gaballah said, "The centre is established upon a Qalah-based villa that was dedicated to English Army commanders accommodation during the British occupation to Egypt". He added," The 1200 square-meter villa bears no archeological or artistic character." .

Gaballah pointed out that the center would be provided with the state of the art technology. He said that establishment of the center would be finished within 18 months. "The Center would restore the archeological pieces, showcased at the main Egyptian museum, which mount to 140000 pieces," he added.