Egypt
Hurriyet Daily News
- Parcels Containing Artefacts Seized At Cairo Airport
Ahram Online Three tons of valuables belonging to escaped Egyptian tycoon Hussein Salem, charged with corruption in connection with the export of natural gas to Israel, were confiscated at Cairo Airport yesterday evening Airport Customs stopped yesterday...
- Egypt's Coptic Museum
Al Masry Al Youm One that I would really love to visit! The Coptic Museum in Cairo has more to offer its visitors than is generally thought. Still, only a small group of Egyptian school children and Coptic families, who visit the museum after church service,...
- Egyptian Artifacts! (made In China)
Marketplace (Scott Jagow) Audio report on the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo (with transcript shown on the above page). The Khan el-Khalili bazaar is the oldest, most famous marketplace in Cairo, where you'll see the tourism economy at work. Visitors...
- Interview With Dr. Gawdat Gabra
http://www.ambilacuk.com/coptic/index.html Thanks to Howard Middleton-Jones for sending me the link to his interview with the Coptologist Dr. Gawdat Gabra in Munster Germany, posted on the Coptic Research site. Please click on the photograph on the above...
- Coptic Language's Last Survivors
Daily Star As usual with the Daily Star, if you are using Firefox as a browser I recommend that you switch briefly to Explorer instead. Considered an extinct language, the Coptic language is believed to exist only in the liturgical language of the Coptic...
Egypt
Egypt arrests Turk with ancient Coptic relics
Hurriyet Daily News
Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said.
The 72-year-old traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle three Coptic bibles, two illustrated papyrus scrolls and fabrics dating back to the 6th century.
The man reportedly said he had bought the relics at Cairo’s Khan el-Khalili bazaar for 150 dollars (113 euros).
- Parcels Containing Artefacts Seized At Cairo Airport
Ahram Online Three tons of valuables belonging to escaped Egyptian tycoon Hussein Salem, charged with corruption in connection with the export of natural gas to Israel, were confiscated at Cairo Airport yesterday evening Airport Customs stopped yesterday...
- Egypt's Coptic Museum
Al Masry Al Youm One that I would really love to visit! The Coptic Museum in Cairo has more to offer its visitors than is generally thought. Still, only a small group of Egyptian school children and Coptic families, who visit the museum after church service,...
- Egyptian Artifacts! (made In China)
Marketplace (Scott Jagow) Audio report on the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo (with transcript shown on the above page). The Khan el-Khalili bazaar is the oldest, most famous marketplace in Cairo, where you'll see the tourism economy at work. Visitors...
- Interview With Dr. Gawdat Gabra
http://www.ambilacuk.com/coptic/index.html Thanks to Howard Middleton-Jones for sending me the link to his interview with the Coptologist Dr. Gawdat Gabra in Munster Germany, posted on the Coptic Research site. Please click on the photograph on the above...
- Coptic Language's Last Survivors
Daily Star As usual with the Daily Star, if you are using Firefox as a browser I recommend that you switch briefly to Explorer instead. Considered an extinct language, the Coptic language is believed to exist only in the liturgical language of the Coptic...