CAIRO - 29 August 2020: US Ambassador in Cairo Jonathan Cohen stressed Saturday the continued support for the partnership between the US and Egypt to preserve the cultural heritage and promote tourism and economic development. Cohen admired the restoration work of the iconic Red Monastery by the American Research Center in Egypt - (ARCE), supported by USG through USAID in Egypt at a cost of $3.6 million. The Red Monastery contains the only complete pre-medieval paintings surviving in Egypt. The embassy clarified that ARCE offered over one million dollars to rehabilitate monasteries in Sohag since its establishment in 1996. The ambassador pointed out that his country offered $102 million over 25 years to rehabilitate and protect more than 85 cultural sites across Egypt.

Source: Egypt Today August 28, 2021 20:26 UTC