Egypt
12 mummies to be displayed at Egyptian Museum
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o240825g.htm
"Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni is to open next month the second hall for displaying the royal mummies at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square after the Ministry completed a project to develop display room 52 and fit it with modern technology. Dr. Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said 12 mummies will be displayed at the museum for the first time including mummies of Tuhutmos III known as the greatest warrior of Egypt and Amenhotep II, the most famous king of the 16 dynasty".
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Review Of The New Mummy Gallery In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/808/hr2.htmNevine el-Aref reviews the new mummy gallery at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, giving very useful details about the origins of the mummies displayed. "The 53 mummies, the total in the two caches, were kept in...
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A New Home For Mummies
http://tinyurl.com/cv9hu (Egyptian State Information Service)A new hall to display mummies will open at the Egyptian Museum in two weeks time. The eleven mummies on display were part of a cache of 40 saved by priests of Amun in the 21st Dynasty, and reburied...
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Grant To Renovate Silver Artifacts
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o101025k.htm "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni okayed plan to renovate silver artifacts and antiques on display at the Egyptian Museum. Dr. Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said...
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Two Sites At Major Egyptian Museum To Be Opened Late December
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o180825d.htm A short bulletin from the Egyptian State Information Service website: "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said his ministry will organise a world celebration late in December to mark the opening of the two...
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1400 Artifacts Displayed At Sharm El Sheikh Museum
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o300725p.htm "Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said that the first stage of Sharm El-Sheikh museum will be completed in three months' time. The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Dr. Zahi...
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