But we have to consider how the monuments, excavation sites and potential excavation sites in Egypt are situated. Too many hands in charge of it all will loose the coherence needed to manage all that and give priorities where they are needed.

It sounds good on paper. But from what I've heard the rising water table is threatening everything and nobody is doing anything.

Anyhow my feeling on putting one person in charge is reflected in an old, old,old russian film that I once saw about the Frogs and the Stork. The frogs in the pond had placed all their authority to "get things done" in a tree stump. The tree stump of course did nothing. The frogs got fed up with this inaction and instead they put the stork in charge of the pond. The storks first order of business was to eat all the frogs.

Be careful of giving anybody too much power no matter how noble the purpose.