Egypt
- Kaaba Kiswa To Be Handed Over To Egypt's Antiquities Ministry
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With photos. Three months after the theft of two pieces of a 19th-century embroidered Al-Kaaba Kiswa (the Kaaba cover) from the mausoleum of Khedive Tawfik in Cairo's eastern cemetery, the Ministry of Religious...
- Egyptian Scientific Institute In Danger From Botched Restoration, Says Minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo because it is not being conducted in an appropriate...
- Suez Museum Relates The City’s History Through Ages
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following almost six years of construction the long-awaited Suez National Museum had its official inauguration while the city was marking one year of Egypt’s Revolution. While some of Suez inhabitants were protesting before...
- Phase 3 Of The Grand Egyptian Museum To Go Ahead
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) announced today the name of the two companies that won the bid to construct the third and last phase of the Grand Egyptian museum overlooking the Giza plateau. It consists of the...
- Ministry Of Antiquities Reinstated?
Youm 7 New ministers in Prime Minister designate Kamal el-Ganzouri’s government have started arriving at the Ministry of Planning’s headquarters in Nasr City, as a prelude to the final announcement of all the ministers. Six new ministers arrived at...
Egypt
Minister requests burnt NDP building merge with museum
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim submitted an official request on Tuesday to Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri asking that he hand over the land which the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) building stands upon so that it can be merged with the Egyptian Museum.
The party headquarters of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, which was partially burnt down during January 25 Revolution, is located behind the museum.
Ibrahim told Ahram online that research carried out by the survey and property department of the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA), showed that the area used to be a part of the museum and so formerly belonged to the MSA.
- Kaaba Kiswa To Be Handed Over To Egypt's Antiquities Ministry
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With photos. Three months after the theft of two pieces of a 19th-century embroidered Al-Kaaba Kiswa (the Kaaba cover) from the mausoleum of Khedive Tawfik in Cairo's eastern cemetery, the Ministry of Religious...
- Egyptian Scientific Institute In Danger From Botched Restoration, Says Minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo because it is not being conducted in an appropriate...
- Suez Museum Relates The City’s History Through Ages
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Following almost six years of construction the long-awaited Suez National Museum had its official inauguration while the city was marking one year of Egypt’s Revolution. While some of Suez inhabitants were protesting before...
- Phase 3 Of The Grand Egyptian Museum To Go Ahead
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) announced today the name of the two companies that won the bid to construct the third and last phase of the Grand Egyptian museum overlooking the Giza plateau. It consists of the...
- Ministry Of Antiquities Reinstated?
Youm 7 New ministers in Prime Minister designate Kamal el-Ganzouri’s government have started arriving at the Ministry of Planning’s headquarters in Nasr City, as a prelude to the final announcement of all the ministers. Six new ministers arrived at...