by Jon Lackman | 11 May 2006 | Architecture, Islamic
“During the past couple of years, a number of historic monuments have been re-opened after lying for years under layers of rubble and scaffolding. There are still several hundred either in the process of being conserved and restored or on the waiting list to undergo conservation and restoration … In 2001, Caroline Williams, a well-known art historian and author … lashed out at [the government] projects … Large numbers of errors in their use of building materials, hasty construction methods and an incorrect conservation methodology were pointed out along with inadequate historical background and research. In recent years, criticism … has died down; most scholars working in the field in Cairo are reluctant to criticize the work at all.”
