The Abu Simbel and the Nubian Temples’ Salvage Project: Protecting the World Cultural Heritage

C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M

O p e n i n g c e r e m o n y

Alain Fohr
Counsellor in Cooperation and Cultural Action – Director
17:00-17:45
Ayman Εl Mahgoub
Director of the Cultural Center - Embassy of Egypt in Athens

S p e e c h e s

17:45-18:00 Ann-Louise Schallin (Lecture in English)
Director of the Swedish Institute at Athens

The Abu Simbel Project in the view of the Swedish Egyptologist
Säve-Söderbergh

18:00-18:45 Nikos Papageorgiou(Lecture in Greek)

Ethnologist, Former President of the Hellenic National Commission For UNESCO, Member of the UNESCO for the Egyptian Museums

The salvage of the Abu Simbel’s monuments and of the island of Philae

18:45-19:00 Alexandra O’Brien (Lecture in English)

Egyptologist

Nubian Rescue: American Participation in the UNESCO Nubian
Salvage Project

19:00-19:15
Representative of the Italian School of Archaeology at Athens
Χαιρετισμός

19:15-19:45
Coffee Break

19:45-20:00 Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (Lecture in English)

Scientific Coordinator, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale
(IFAO, Le Caire)

A personal testimony

20:00-20:15 Reinhard Sennf (Lecture in English)
Second Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens

Research Project of the German Archaeological Institute in
connection with the Salvage Project of Abu Simbel

20:15-20:30
Εvangelia Papadopoulou-Chrysikopoulou
(Lecture in English)

Archaeologist

The Taffeh Temple: the Dutsch Contribution

20:30-20:45 Representative from the Spanish Embassy at Athens
(Lecture in Greek)

The Spaniards on the Nile

20:45-21:15 Bασίλης Ι. Χρυσικόπουλος (Lecture in English)
Vassilis Chrysikopoulos

Egyptologist

Facing the Rising Sun. The Abu Simbel temples and their
significance for the accomplishment of Ramesses II’s policy in New
Kingdom Egypt

21:15-21:30 Συζήτηση

Organization of the Conference

Prof. Dr. Ayman el-Mahgoub
Director of the Cultural Center
Embassy of Egypt in Athens

Kamal Hassan Khorshed Mahmoud
Αdministrative Attaché
Cultural Center
Embassy of Egypt in Athens

Sila Missa
Office Manager of the Cultural Center
Embassy of Egypt in Athens

Scientific responsible- Coordination
Dr. Vassilis I. Chrysikopoulos
Egyptologist