Dr. Matthew Adams, Head of the New York University (NYU) Expedition team offers a tour of the Shonat Al Zibib Conservation Site in Abydos. Pictured in foreground: Rayess Ibrahim Mohamed Aly (Senior Egyptian excavation foreman in Abydos); Ambassador and Dr. Ricciardone; and Dr. Gerry Scott, ARCE Director.

Ambassador with Members of Farmers Association in Sohag

Ambassador Ricciardone discusses crops with Gamal Read, a member of the Bet Khalaf Farmer’s Association and a representative for small farmers in Sohag.

Sheikh Ibrahim Abul Wafa Al-Sharqawy welcomes Ambassador Ricciardone to Naga Hammadi.

Visit to the Red Monastery in Sohag. Pictured in foreground: Ambassador and Dr. Ricciardone; Father Antonius El Shenoudy, Red Monastery Priest; Father Maximus El Anthony, Monastic Liaison, Coptic Church; and Michael Jones, Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Grants Program Director, ARCE.

Ambassador and Dr. Ricciardone with LEAD Students from Sohag.

Ambassador and Dr. Ricciardone with ICT grantees.

Ambassador dancing with locals in Sohag in celebration of the visit and the season.

Warm welcome from the Zein El Deen Animal Welfare Development Association.