The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s World Heritage Committee has added the Egyptian Museum to its list of tentative World Heritage sites. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities applied to add the museum in February 2020. The Greco-Roman-style museum was designed and built by French architect Marcel Dornon, who won an international competition for design rights. The museum joins a number of Egyptian sites registered on the UNESCO tentative list, including sites in Minya, Ras Muhammad Reserve in South Sinai, the Nilometer in Rawda, the monasteries of the Western Desert, and the ancient Sinai castles. Egypt has eight registered sites on the World Heritage List, which are: the Memphis region and its cemeteries, Thebes and its cemeteries, Nubia, Historic Cairo, Saint Catherine, Abu Mina Monastery, and Wadi El Hitan Reserve.

Source: Egypt Independent April 08, 2021 12:22 UTC