Egypt
Book Review: Inside the Egyptian Museum
Arab News (Review by Lisa Kaaki)
Inside the Egyptian Museum with Zahi Hawass” is an invitation to visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This beautifully illustrated book is told by the charismatic author, Zahi Hawass, who is a world-renowned archaeologist, Egyptologist and the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Hawass gives his readers a tour of the famous Egyptian Museum as well as a history of Egyptian history.
The Egyptian Museum, which is located in the heart of Cairo, is one of the most important museums in the world and contains the largest collection of Pharaonic artifacts. Hawass writes in his book that an international competition took place between 1893 and 1895 in order to select an architect to build the new Egyptian Museum.
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More Re Reinstatement Of Hawass
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Video - 4.46 minutes. On Wednesday, March 30th, Dr. Zahi Hawass was called from the Prime Minister Essam Sharaf in his office to be appointed Minister of Antiquities. In this video Zahi Hawass is addressing a message to all...
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Egypt To Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine) Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today. Culture...
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More Re Al-azhar Park Visitor Centre
Travel Industry Review Under the auspices of Egypt’s Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Dr. Zahi Hawass, and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s (AKTC) general manager Mr. Luis Monreal signed...
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The Rosetta Stone In The Cairo Museum
As the officials at the Cairo museum pick Yuya's heart scarab off the ground outside the museum the time to reflect on what has happened to the museum and to it's exhibits is here. Questionable press releases have come from Dr. Zahi Hawass'...
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A Threatening Speech
In a speech made by Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme council of antiquities a few of years ago in Paris to members of UNESCO's Intergovernmental committee for the return of cultural heritage. Dr. Hawass made a fiery speech...
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