Egypt’s Abu Mena Monastery Faraway from UNESCO Hazard Checklist

The United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has formally eliminated Abu Mena, the archaeological web site of an early Christian pilgrimage middle, from its Checklist of World Heritage in Hazard, following a choice made throughout its assembly in Paris on Wednesday, July 9.

The Checklist of World Heritage in Hazard highlights threats to necessary websites and goals to rally worldwide assist to assist defend them.

Abu Mena was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Checklist in 1979 for its significance as a historic Christian pilgrimage web site and early monastic middle. The positioning contains the stays of a church, monasteries, properties, workshops, and public buildings constructed across the tomb of Saint Menas of Alexandria.

In 2001, it was positioned on the Checklist of World Heritage in Hazard resulting from rising groundwater from close by farming, which brought about harm and the collapse of some constructions.

In 2021, a solar-powered drainage system was launched, serving to decrease groundwater ranges and defend the location’s broken constructions.

A conservation plan adopted in 2024, supported by UNESCO’s World Heritage Fund, which set new methods and inspired area people involvement in preserving the location.

Two different African heritage websites, Madagascar’s Rainforests of the Atsinanana and Libya’s Previous City of Ghadamès, have been faraway from the Checklist of World Heritage in Hazard, after profitable conservation efforts have been carried out with UNESCO’s assist.

UNESCO, with 194 member nations, promotes peace and safety by working collectively globally on training, science, tradition, and communication.