Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
- Construction On Grand Museum Proceeds
Japan Times Construction began Monday of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the suburbs of Giza, with completion scheduled for August 2015. The museum, which will display about 100,000 items — including King Tutankhamen's golden mask, will cost ¥63 billion...
- Tutankhamun In Japan On Final Leg Of Journey
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) On the final leg of a 10-year-long world tour, “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition will officially open at the Tampozan Special Gallery in the Japanese city of Osaka. Egyptian Minister of State...
- Exhibition: Mubarak Sends Greeting Message To Egypt's "sunken Treasures Exhibition" In Japan
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak sent a message of greetings to "Egypt's Sunken Treasures Exhibition" to be opened by Egyptian ambassador to Japan Walid Abdel-Naser in Yokohama city. In his message, Mubarak hoped that the exhibition...
- Exhibition: Egypt's Antiquities Move From Hokkaido To Kumamoto
Egypt State Information Service Egypt's antiquities exhibition in Japan will move from Hokkaido Museum of Art to Kumamoto Museum of Art, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Saturday 29/3/2008. The Egyptian antiquities will be showcased in Kumamoto...
- Egyptian Antiquities Now On Display In Japan
State Information Service After 40 years of excavation work, unearthed Egyptian antiquities are now on display in Japan. Discoveries of Japan's University of Wasida are touring the Asian country; first in Miyazaki Museum, then in Sapporo at the...
Egypt
Exhibition: Tutankhamun in Japan
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Tutankhamen reaches Japan for the first time in 46 years this week on the last leg of a ten stop tour that began in Switzerland in 2004 and passed through Germany, France, England and several US states.
Japan last fell under the spell of Tutankhamen in 1965 when parts of the priceless collection were exhibited in Tokyo. This time the exhibition will take place in the southern city of Osaka.
During the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, Japan celebrated the arrival of the collection and the 150th anniversary of the first Samurai delegation to Egypt.
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim described the exhibition as an expression the amity between Egypt and Japan, and a message that Egypt is safe and open for business.
- Construction On Grand Museum Proceeds
Japan Times Construction began Monday of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the suburbs of Giza, with completion scheduled for August 2015. The museum, which will display about 100,000 items — including King Tutankhamen's golden mask, will cost ¥63 billion...
- Tutankhamun In Japan On Final Leg Of Journey
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) On the final leg of a 10-year-long world tour, “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition will officially open at the Tampozan Special Gallery in the Japanese city of Osaka. Egyptian Minister of State...
- Exhibition: Mubarak Sends Greeting Message To Egypt's "sunken Treasures Exhibition" In Japan
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak sent a message of greetings to "Egypt's Sunken Treasures Exhibition" to be opened by Egyptian ambassador to Japan Walid Abdel-Naser in Yokohama city. In his message, Mubarak hoped that the exhibition...
- Exhibition: Egypt's Antiquities Move From Hokkaido To Kumamoto
Egypt State Information Service Egypt's antiquities exhibition in Japan will move from Hokkaido Museum of Art to Kumamoto Museum of Art, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Saturday 29/3/2008. The Egyptian antiquities will be showcased in Kumamoto...
- Egyptian Antiquities Now On Display In Japan
State Information Service After 40 years of excavation work, unearthed Egyptian antiquities are now on display in Japan. Discoveries of Japan's University of Wasida are touring the Asian country; first in Miyazaki Museum, then in Sapporo at the...