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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
KOMEL-DIKKA
PRESERVATIONWORK,1999/2000
WojciechKołątaj
Ontheconclusionofaproject(sponsoredfromtheUSAID/ARCEgrantno.263-G-0093-
00089-00)devotedtotheconservationanddisplayofmosaicsfromanEarlyRomanvilla
locatedinthehabitationdistricteastofstreetR4,somesiteplanningworkintheareaofthe
excavationsabuttingSafiaZaghloulstreetbecameessential.Inrecentyearsthemunicipal
authoritieshadassignedconsiderableresourcesforanewparkinglotandpublicsquarealong
theeasternsideoftheexcavatedarea,introducinganewpavement,greenery,monumentof
KhediveIsmailandanattractivefencewithentrancegate.
Theconservationmission1)wasobligedtocarryoutlandscapingworkon350mof
slopealongtheeasternandsouthernborderoftheconcessionarea,includingretainingwalls
forthedeeperarchaeologicaltrialpits(Figs.1,2).AlexandriaGovernorMohammedAbdel
Salamel-Mahgubgrantedthenecessaryfundstohavetheseslopescoveredwithgrass.
Awatersupplypipewasinstalledallalongtheescarpment.
1)Dr.WojciechKołątajheadedthemission,whichcomprised:Dr.GrzegorzMajcherek,archaeologist;Mr.Wiesław
Kuczewski,Mr.KrzysztofJurków,conservators;Messrs.AhmedMousaandEhabMohammedGhazi,inspectors.
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