Abydos 2013-2014

Ashraf Okasha

30/10/2013I received my work as a director of

Abydos inspectorate office.

4/12/2013

We removed the big encroaching of the area of( Um El-qab) tombs this is the site of DAI mission.

22.21.2013I asked the team of preservation to restored the

shrine of Re-Hor-Akhty and Petah in Seti I temple .

27.12.2014.I removed with the graders a trees encroaching

near Elsok excavation area " Coptic period" .

20/1/2014The American mission discovered the two royal

tombs in abydos (Sobek Hotep- Senb-Kay) middle kingdom .

20/3/2014We removed 22 encroaching (houses- a little small

houses for animals "tent " )near Seti temple which was built it in the way of development project of Abydos.

4/5/2014The illegal land back to the same site(um qaab tombs)with a huge encroaching but we removed it for the second time and

we protected the area and asked the USA and German missions , it is possible to build a wall to safe the area from the farmers.

1/7/2014 I was a member of the team who discovered the shrine

of Montohotep II, and clean this shrine.

2/9/2014A cultural heritage preservation in el Sonky pyramid in Abydos -

the inspector of mission Mr. Hany and me we supported the mission to built a wall around the pyramid and protected it from

the illegal land

We started and continue the development project of the area of Abydos