Egypt
National Geographic
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Bokova has been showing UNESCO's support for the Egyptian revolution and giving her assurance that the international body would back the integrity of the nation's archaeological treasures after the thuggery and...
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova inspected the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to check the damage after it was robbed during the chaos of the January 25 Revolution. Guided by Tarek El-Awadi, director general of the...
- Islamic Museum Counts Its Losses
Last weeks explosion which killed 6 people and damaged the National library and the Islamic Museum claimed damages to 165 objects in the museum including the complete destruction of 74 objects made of ceramic, glass and wood. There is already a plan...
- The Mummy Of Amenhotep
Here we have the newly restored mummy of a child named Amenhotep who's mummy was damaged during the robbery of the Cairo Museum in January of 2011. The looters who entered the museum via a skylight broke the head off Amenhotep and today is being re-exhibited...
- The State Of The Museum
This statement from Dr. Zahi Hawass is informative about the possible events relating to the robbery of the Cairo museum and the people who committed the crime. Dr. Hawass also talks about the restoration of damaged objects and the ongoing inventory of...
Egypt
Egypt Antiquities Restoration Under Way
National Geographic
Video showing some of the damage at the museum, restoration work in progress, and Hawass offering reassurance about the safety of museums and monuments. There is an unedited transcript to accompany the video on the above page.
More than two weeks after political protests began in Cairo’s Liberation Square, crowds continued to arrive. Located adjacent to the square, Cairo’s Egyptian Museum is at the epicenter of the action.
During the chaotic early days of the demonstrations in late January, looters entered the museum and damaged priceless antiquities.
But restoration work got underway quickly on the objects damaged in the chaos.
SOT Hoda Abd El Hamid, Museum Conservator: “Most of them are in good shape, a little bit need restoration, about 25 pieces.”
Museum director Tarek al Awady shows objects that were in a case that was damaged. Many are fine, but a few are in need of restoration.
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Bokova has been showing UNESCO's support for the Egyptian revolution and giving her assurance that the international body would back the integrity of the nation's archaeological treasures after the thuggery and...
- Unesco Director General Tours The Egytian Museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova inspected the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to check the damage after it was robbed during the chaos of the January 25 Revolution. Guided by Tarek El-Awadi, director general of the...
- Islamic Museum Counts Its Losses
Last weeks explosion which killed 6 people and damaged the National library and the Islamic Museum claimed damages to 165 objects in the museum including the complete destruction of 74 objects made of ceramic, glass and wood. There is already a plan...
- The Mummy Of Amenhotep
Here we have the newly restored mummy of a child named Amenhotep who's mummy was damaged during the robbery of the Cairo Museum in January of 2011. The looters who entered the museum via a skylight broke the head off Amenhotep and today is being re-exhibited...
- The State Of The Museum
This statement from Dr. Zahi Hawass is informative about the possible events relating to the robbery of the Cairo museum and the people who committed the crime. Dr. Hawass also talks about the restoration of damaged objects and the ongoing inventory of...