2017-01-12 Thu

Each country has a rich and varied historical past. These historic buildings are physical links and proofs to our past. And it is very important to conserve and preserve this past of yours!

It's not just about saving brick structures, but about saving the layers of information possessed by these buildings about our past. Without that, the stories of our past will be erased, as if the people who came before us never existed!

As it is absolutely necessary to converse such historic places, it is also very important to use the right method of conservation!

We have an instance of a wrong technique of conservation leading to further damage to the monument. For years the conservation work of the Pyramid of Giza was halted. The work of the conservation on the oldest man-made structures on earth began in 1981 when the pyramids were showing severe signs of decay in the early 1980s. But the restoration of the pyramids led to further damage when water in modern cement caused adjacent limestone stones to split!

On January 12, 1984, restorers stopped using the mortar and adopted the system of interlocking blocks practiced by the original pyramid builders and then the work was successfully completed.

The Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx stand proud and tall even today after 4,600-years! These rich and unique structures from Egypt are commemorated on coins, stamps, and banknotes from all over the world!

This 10 Egyptian Pounds banknote from 1970 (withdrawn from circulation in 1978) features the Pyramids and the Sphinx on its obverse. The 1, 2, and 5 piastre coins of 1984 AD (Islamic date AH 1404) made of aluminum-bronze depict the pyramids on them. Countries like Egypt, Magyar, Mali, etc proudly have the pyramids on them!

History, though a story of the past, is much a part of our present lives and we should preserve it with utmost care and concern! The more you know about the past the better you are prepared for the Future!