The archive reveals the wealth of Dr. Selim Hassan Egyptological work, his active career in excavations under a national organization. His love for his country, and his passion for ancient Egyptian civilization, it contains manuscripts photographs of Selim Hassan's excavations at Giza and Saqqara. In addition, there are some unpublished manuscripts and photographs of the causeway of King Unas (Wanis). There is also a draft of the report he wrote to the head of Antiquities Service about the campaign he headed to rescue the monuments of Nubia, as well as plans and maps he drew, and photographs showing the conditions of the monuments of Nubia. There is a rare collection of his photographs during his excavations, as well as with people, such as famous European archaeologists, and with his family. Selim Hassan taught the 20th century generation the value of documenting heritage, and CULTNAT has built a second bridge to deliver these outstanding values by documentation and by using new technology for the present and future generations. 

The integral archive of Selim Hassan is a private property of Dr Fathi Saleh that was offered to him by his friend Mr. Abbas Zaki. Of course due to Dr Saleh's close involvement with CULTNAT, that he allowed the team of CULTNAT to make use of this very valuable content. On the other hand, when we were approached to organize an exhibition for Selim Hassan during the international congress of Egyptologists that took place in Grenoble in year 2004, we contacted Ambassador Ahmed Selim Hassan, the son of Selim Hassan, who generously supplied us with several photo albums of his father that enriched very much the exhibition

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Note: This archive is based on the General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G).