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Sohag and Luxor, Egypt
February 27, 2006
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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.
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Ambassador with Members of Farmers Association in Sohag
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Ambassador Ricciardone discusses crops with Gamal Read, a member of the Bet Khalaf Farmer’s Association and a representative for small farmers in Sohag.
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Sheikh Ibrahim Abul Wafa Al-Sharqawy welcomes Ambassador Ricciardone to Naga Hammadi.
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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.
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Ambassador and Dr. Ricciardone with LEAD Students from Sohag.
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Ambassador and Dr. Ricciardone with ICT grantees.
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Ambassador dancing with locals in Sohag in celebration of the visit and the season.
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Warm welcome from the Zein El Deen Animal Welfare Development Association.
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