Egypt
After 13 years of restoration the 4th century Coptic church known as "The hanging church" will be inaugurated in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies. Dr. Zahi Hawass also points out that a number of other museums including the Suez and crocodile museums will be opening soon.
Dr. Hawass also announced that the hanging church will be receiving surveillance equipment which made me laugh especially when I think of the value of the surveillance equipment at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum which lost a Van Gogh last year aided by the fact that such equipment wasn't even on.
Perhaps instead of creating new museums Dr Hawass may want to protect the museums he already has including the national museum which visitors may still probably enter via the roof, I wonder?
A shameless display of publicity by a man most responsible for the neglect of the monuments!
- New Site Openings
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) According to Hawass the following sites are to open soon. There are some notes about some of the sites on the above page. The Hanging Church (Coptic), CairoSuez MuseumCrocodile Museum, Kom OmboVisitor Centre, Amarna (Thanks...
- Old Cairo's Hanging Church Restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) At Mogamaa Al-Adian (religious compound) in Old Cairo, adjacent to the Amr Ibn Al-Ass mosque, Ben Ezra synagogue and a collection of churches, stands the Hanging Church with its Basilica-style architecture on top of the Roman...
- Integrated Map For Egyptian Culture
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that the new year will witness the inauguration of several cultural and archaeological projects in addition to a number of intellectual events. Farouk said that year 2011 that witness...
- Zahi Hawass - Dig Days
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/818/he3.htm This link was broken yesterday, but is now up and running - Zahi Hawass discusses Egyptian museums: "Museums in Egypt are entering a new era. New institutions are being constructed, and there is a change from...
- Restoring The Hanging Church
Russian experts are restoring the third century Coptic church known as the hanging church outside of Cairo. http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6543...
Egypt
Inauguration of the Hanging Church
After 13 years of restoration the 4th century Coptic church known as "The hanging church" will be inaugurated in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies. Dr. Zahi Hawass also points out that a number of other museums including the Suez and crocodile museums will be opening soon.
Dr. Hawass also announced that the hanging church will be receiving surveillance equipment which made me laugh especially when I think of the value of the surveillance equipment at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum which lost a Van Gogh last year aided by the fact that such equipment wasn't even on.
Perhaps instead of creating new museums Dr Hawass may want to protect the museums he already has including the national museum which visitors may still probably enter via the roof, I wonder?
A shameless display of publicity by a man most responsible for the neglect of the monuments!
- New Site Openings
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) According to Hawass the following sites are to open soon. There are some notes about some of the sites on the above page. The Hanging Church (Coptic), CairoSuez MuseumCrocodile Museum, Kom OmboVisitor Centre, Amarna (Thanks...
- Old Cairo's Hanging Church Restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) At Mogamaa Al-Adian (religious compound) in Old Cairo, adjacent to the Amr Ibn Al-Ass mosque, Ben Ezra synagogue and a collection of churches, stands the Hanging Church with its Basilica-style architecture on top of the Roman...
- Integrated Map For Egyptian Culture
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that the new year will witness the inauguration of several cultural and archaeological projects in addition to a number of intellectual events. Farouk said that year 2011 that witness...
- Zahi Hawass - Dig Days
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/818/he3.htm This link was broken yesterday, but is now up and running - Zahi Hawass discusses Egyptian museums: "Museums in Egypt are entering a new era. New institutions are being constructed, and there is a change from...
- Restoring The Hanging Church
Russian experts are restoring the third century Coptic church known as the hanging church outside of Cairo. http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6543...