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TURMOIL TAKES ITS TOLL
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ARCE Steps in to Help Salvage World Heritage
 | | The historic building at Bab al Khalq suffered damage to both collections and infrastructure. Photo: D. Deutsch |
An early morning explosion on January 24, 2014 was an unfortunate reminder that Egypt had not yet returned to the level of stability preceding the ouster of the Mubarak regime in 2011. The explosion, aimed at the Cairo Security Directorate on Port Said Street in the historic district of Bab el-Khalq, caused few human casualties but significant damage had been rendered to the world-class collections of Islamic Period art and manuscripts housed across the street in the Museum of Islamic Art and the Manuscript Library and Manuscript Museum of the National Library and Archives of Egypt.
Jane Smythe, Assistant to the ARCE Director, describes ARCE's response to restore priceless cultural resources. >>
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REMEMBRANCE OF GEORGE T. SCANLON
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Archaeologist Extraordinaire and Debonair
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WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE ARCE ARCHIVE?
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20 Years of Conservation Preserved for Future Research and Discovery
 It was in the year following the fall of the Mubarak regime that the normally tranquil Simon Bolivar Square in Garden City, where ARCE is located, was occasionally transformed into the front-line for confrontations between the police and protestors.
During this period, ARCE went to great lengths to ensure the safety of its staff, offices and library. As the Egyptian security forces erected walls to block pedestrians and cars from the streets surrounding the U.S. Embassy (located directly behind ARCE), ARCE installed metal security bars on all exterior windows. These were followed by the installation of metal shutters to protect its two most valuable resources, the Marilyn M. and William Kelly Simpson Library and the ARCE archive.
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