Egypt, Arab nations successfully register metal engravings on UNESCO heritage list

Egypt’s Culture Ministry, in cooperation with 10 other Arab countries, succeeded on Tuesday in registering “Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)” on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in UNESCO.

This brings the number of Egyptian elements on the list up to eight.

This came during the meeting of the organization’s Intergovernmental Committee, at its 18th session, currently being held in Botswana.

Minister of Culture Neveen al-Kilany, said: “This achievement is the result of a joint file between eleven Arab countries – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, Palestine, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Yemen, and Mauritania.”