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In 1993 and 1995 ARCE signed
agreements with the United States Agency for International
Development to administer multimillion-dollar grants in
support of work and programs that promote the preservation
of Egyptian antiquities.
The Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) and the Antiquities
Development Project (ADP) were established within ARCE
to manage and direct these conservation efforts and to
publish the results. The goal of this work is to preserve
Egypt’s antiquities for future generations through documentation,
conservation, and publication.
Work undertaken through EAP and ADP comprises more than forty
projects that span the entire range of Egypt's rich cultural
history, from prehistory to the late Ottoman period, including
masterpieces of pharaonic, Græco-Roman, Coptic, Jewish,
and Islamic art and architecture. These projects are carried
out under the auspices of, and in cooperation with, the Supreme
Council of Antiquities.
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