The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) supported the Egyptian government's development project in the ancient Karnak area in Luxor.

A UNESCO report said that the Karnak project is very well planned and systematic, striking the right balance between preserving Egypt's legacy and Luxor's planning.

There was a fuss about protecting the residential compound and the 19th century house of the French Egyptologist Georges Legrain, being situated on the doorstep of the Karnak Temple.

UNESCO officials said that protecting the historical site in Egypt is the sole responsibility of the Egyptian government which has every right whether to keep or demolish Legrain's house and the residential compound.

UNESCO supports Egypt's development plan in Luxor, Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, July 09, 2006.

Egypt will launch a roaming Pharaonic museum to tour 10 Japanese cities for two years, as a token of gratitude for Japan's support for the establishment of the Grand Museum of Egypt.

Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni told reporters Monday that the museum, to be launched on July 14, would exhibit pieces discovered during the last 40 years by the Japanese Waseda University's archaeological mission to Egypt.

Japan, he noted, insured the mobile museum, which included 327 pieces chosen from various Egyptian archaeological locations, with USD 25 million , and would provide advanced equipment and expertise to the Egyptian Museum as well as grants for four training courses in Japan for Egyptian archaeologists.

The Japanese government loaned Egypt USD 298 million for the establishment of the Grand Museum of Egypt project near the Pyramids of Giza plateau.

The project aims at establishing a state-of-the-art complex of museums and facilities to provide visitors with access to a broad range of information via advanced technologies.

Egypt launches roaming Pharaonic museum in Japan, Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait, July 10, 2006.