Egypt Requests that UNESCO Remove the Ancient Christian Ruins Off its list of Endangered Heritage
In an attempt to have a centuries-old Christian monument taken off the United Nations cultural agency’s list of endangered global heritage sites, Egypt has drained the groundwater that has accumulated beneath it. On Tuesday, Tawadros II, the Coptic Orthodox pope of Egypt, and senior Egyptian antiquities authorities took a tour of the region close to Alexandria.
Saint Menas, who died during the early days of Christianity, is the focal point of the historical region. He is buried at the location, which was included to the United Nations’ list of internationally recognised natural and cultural assets in 1979.
When the ruins of an old church, public buildings, and residences were threatened by rising groundwater levels, it was added to UNESCO’s list of endangered historic sites in 2001.
Egypt’s Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mohamed Ismail, stated, “The Egyptian government managed to lower the level of the water table and also to maintain the restoration and the archaeological work.
According to Ismail, a number of interested parties are “working together to make this site special and to get it back on the regular World Heritage list, hopefully next year.” Sherif Fathy, the minister of tourism and antiquities, and Nuria Sanz, the head of UNESCO’s regional office for Egypt and Sudan, participated in the inspection visit.
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