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DOI Artikel:Kołątaj, Wojciech: Kom el-Dikka: preservation work, 1999/2000
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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
PRESERVATION WORK, 1999/2000
Wojciech Koi^taj
On the conclusion of a project (sponsored from the US AID/ARCE grant no. 263-G-00 93-
00089-00) devoted to the conservation and display of mosaics from an Early Roman villa
located in the habitation district east of street R4, some site planning work in the area of the
excavations abutting Safia Zaghloul street became essential. In recent years the municipal
authorities had assigned considerable resources for a new parking lot and public square along
the eastern side of the excavated area, introducing a new pavement, greenery, monument of
Khedive Ismail and an attractive fence with entrance gate.
The conservation mission1) was obliged to carry out landscaping work on 330 m of
slope along the eastern and southern border of the concession area, including retaining walls
for the deeper archaeological trial pits (Figs. 1,2). Alexandria Governor Mohammed Abdel
Salam el-Mahgub granted the necessary funds to have these slopes covered with grass.
A water supply pipe was installed all along the escarpment.
1) Dr. Wojciech Koi^caj headed the mission, which comprised: Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek, archaeologist; Mr. Wieslaw
Kuczewski, Mr. Krzysztof Jurkow, conservators; Messrs. Ahmed Mousa and Ehab Mohammed Ghazi, inspectors.
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EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
PRESERVATION WORK, 1999/2000
Wojciech Koi^taj
On the conclusion of a project (sponsored from the US AID/ARCE grant no. 263-G-00 93-
00089-00) devoted to the conservation and display of mosaics from an Early Roman villa
located in the habitation district east of street R4, some site planning work in the area of the
excavations abutting Safia Zaghloul street became essential. In recent years the municipal
authorities had assigned considerable resources for a new parking lot and public square along
the eastern side of the excavated area, introducing a new pavement, greenery, monument of
Khedive Ismail and an attractive fence with entrance gate.
The conservation mission1) was obliged to carry out landscaping work on 330 m of
slope along the eastern and southern border of the concession area, including retaining walls
for the deeper archaeological trial pits (Figs. 1,2). Alexandria Governor Mohammed Abdel
Salam el-Mahgub granted the necessary funds to have these slopes covered with grass.
A water supply pipe was installed all along the escarpment.
1) Dr. Wojciech Koi^caj headed the mission, which comprised: Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek, archaeologist; Mr. Wieslaw
Kuczewski, Mr. Krzysztof Jurkow, conservators; Messrs. Ahmed Mousa and Ehab Mohammed Ghazi, inspectors.
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