South Korea Agrees to Deal to Restore Egyptian Temple in Luxor
This is an unusual deal, good on South Korea for being trusted to do important work like this:
South Korea said Sunday it has signed a deal with Egypt to dismantle and restore the gateway of an ancient temple in the Egyptian city of Luxor.
South Korea plans to begin restoring the pylon and refurbish the access road of the Ramesseum, a mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramses II, starting next year, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration.
The move came as Mostafa Waziry, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, requested the Cultural Heritage Administration to restore the Ramesseum during senior-level talks on Thursday.
On Friday, the two sides inked a memorandum of understanding during President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Cairo.
Yonhap
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Are the Egyptians paying for this? Or the Korean taxpayers?
If the latter, are there no ruined temples in Korea that need restoring?
I would chose Korea for important stone restoration. I look around Korea at all the ancient stone building and think wow, Korea has lots of experience working with stone temples. Some stone pagodas and one stone observatory….they are like the Stone Temple Pilots….