Preservation of Cultural Heritage Records at Cyrene

$91.4K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Libya
Start Date	Aug 23, 2005
End Date	Aug 07, 2007
Duration	714 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77205-48`

Grant Description

To support the integration of the Cyrene photographic and site archives and to upgrade the on-site librarys catalogue and infrastructure.

The library has collections that date from the 16th century and the collection of 20,000 photographic negatives is one of the most thorough in any Greco-Roman city.

Organization of the library and archives will inform preservation planning by the regional Department of Antiquities as the modern town of Shahat expands and tourism to this World Heritage site increases.