Preserving Egyptian Antiquities and Innovation in Compliance – Part 2
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/04/21
Today we celebrate a little remembered incident from the Kennedy Administration. On this date in 1961, President Kennedy sent a letter to Congress in which he recommended the US participate in an international campaign to preserve ancient temples and historic monuments in the Nile Valley of Egypt. According to This Day in History, President Kennedy “believed that America’s participation in the project would reflect “the interests of the United States,” as well as the country’s interest in...
By: Thomas Fox