The Spanish Embassy in Cairo has organized, in cooperation with the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and a selected members of the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological Mission, a workshop on the Management of Archaeological Sites, in which it mainly tackled the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological Mission’s accomplishments in Luxor.
The workshop was inaugurated by the Spanish Ambassador to Egypt, His Excellency; Ramon Gil Casaras, Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, the Managing Executive Director of the NMEC, and the Spanish cultural advisor in Cairo; Mr. Candido Chris.
A number of lectures were discussed and delivered by a group of lecturers, namely; Dr. Hisham El Leithy, the Director of the Central Administration for the Registration of Egyptian Antiquities and a member of the Egyptian-Spanish Mission, Dr. Muhammad Reda, the Director of Abydos Antiquities District, and a member of the Egyptian-Spanish Mission, and Dr. Myriam Seco, a Professor at the field of Archeology at the University of Seville, Spain, and the Director of the Thutmosis III Temple Project since 2008.
Dr. Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim, the Managing Executive Director of the NMEC, stressed the essentiality to encourgae joint cooperation between the NMEC and Spain in various intellectual and cultural arenas, pointing to the great influence of Egyptian civilization on world cultures. Ghoneim has praised the cultural role played by the NMEC in supporting the connections of civilizational coexistence among the peoples of the world.
Mrs. Fayrouz Fekry, the Vice President of the Museum Authority, mentioned that the workshop has lasted for two consecutive days, which 25 archeologists and conservators have participated, and eventually received certificates of attendance by Dr. Ghoneim and Dr. Seco.
