Egypt
- New Egyptian Museum To Cost Le5 Billion
Al Masry Al Youm Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali has announced the start of the final phase of construction at the Grand Egyptian Museum, scheduled for inauguration in 2015. The new museum is being built on the Cairo-Alexandria Road,...
- Exhibition: Coptic Art Revealed
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The first ever locally curated exhibition on Coptic art was unveiled to the public yesterday, when the open courtyard of the Amir Taz palace in the district of Al-Khalifa hosted dozens of Islamic and Coptic religious leaders,...
- Three Mameluke Edifices Restored In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/817/eg3.htm "During the holy month of Ramadan many Cairenes flock at night to the heart of mediaeval Cairo, especially in the surrounding area of Al-Azhar for folklore performances and Oriental sohour. However, on Wednesday...
- More On Opening Of Coptic Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/801/eg1.htm"Mogamaa Al-Adian, Old Cairo's religious compound, is finally free of the roar of trucks and lorries that have blocked the entrance to the Coptic Museum for three years now. And the museum itself, with its...
- Museum Update
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6763 The Egypt Today website has two short features on their Culture 101 page, above, re the establishment of two new museums in Egypt. New museum in Hurghada "Hurghada will soon be home to a the first...
Egypt
More re Japanese loan for Grand Egyptian Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/793/eg9.htm
Nevine el-Aref talking on the Al Ahram Weekly website about the previously (somehwat confusingly) mentioned Japanese loan for the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum. "It was a scenic evening at the Prince Taz Palace in Mediaeval Cairo, classical music tunes filled the air and a soft spring breeze played with the soaring palm tree branches in the courtyard. Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and Fayza Abul- Naga, minister of state for foreign affairs, gathered at the palace's Mashrabiya terrace along with scores of Egyptian ministers, government officials and the Japanese ambassador to Egypt to exchange notes on a long-term loan offered by the Japanese government to help in the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)."
See the above article for full details and announcements made re plans for the museum.
- New Egyptian Museum To Cost Le5 Billion
Al Masry Al Youm Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Ali has announced the start of the final phase of construction at the Grand Egyptian Museum, scheduled for inauguration in 2015. The new museum is being built on the Cairo-Alexandria Road,...
- Exhibition: Coptic Art Revealed
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The first ever locally curated exhibition on Coptic art was unveiled to the public yesterday, when the open courtyard of the Amir Taz palace in the district of Al-Khalifa hosted dozens of Islamic and Coptic religious leaders,...
- Three Mameluke Edifices Restored In Cairo
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/817/eg3.htm "During the holy month of Ramadan many Cairenes flock at night to the heart of mediaeval Cairo, especially in the surrounding area of Al-Azhar for folklore performances and Oriental sohour. However, on Wednesday...
- More On Opening Of Coptic Museum
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/801/eg1.htm"Mogamaa Al-Adian, Old Cairo's religious compound, is finally free of the roar of trucks and lorries that have blocked the entrance to the Coptic Museum for three years now. And the museum itself, with its...
- Museum Update
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6763 The Egypt Today website has two short features on their Culture 101 page, above, re the establishment of two new museums in Egypt. New museum in Hurghada "Hurghada will soon be home to a the first...