Egypt
- Egypt Library Czar Calls For New Archives Law
Ahram Online In an interview this week with Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency, Zein Abdel-Hadi, recently appointed head of the Egyptian National Library and Archives, laid out an ambitious plan to revamp Egypt’s National Library, restructure...
- The Burning Of The Institut D'egypte
This has been the biggest and saddest antiquities news story of the last two weeks. For those who haven't caught up with it, the Institute d'Egypte, a research centre set up by Napoleon, no less, was a victim of the riots and was set on fire....
- Working On Coptic Archives
Al Ahram Weekly Nevine El-Aref reports on the completion of the first inventory to assess the current condition of manuscripts stored for almost a century in the Coptic Museum archives The Coptic Museum archives, considered to be the world's most...
- Giza Archives Project Library
Ancient World Bloggers (Charles Ellwood Jones) Thanks to Chuck Jones for posting a long list of articles available at the Giza Archives Project website. The freely accessible online library of monographs, articles, and manuscripts all focus on the Giza...
- Images Of The Destroyed Library
These are truly sad photographs from National Geographic of the destruction of the Institute de Egypte and the loss of it's library including rare and ancient books. Photo: Amr Nabil...
Egypt
More re salvaging manuscripts after the Institut d’Égypte fire
American Research Centre in Egypt (Irfana Hashmi)
On an ‘anything but normal’ work day, I went to the Egyptian National Archives where I found the remains of thousands of manuscripts, books and maps from the Institut d’Égypte laid across its front lawns, in pick-up trucks double-parked on the Corniche el-Nil Road, and on the floor of the lobby of the archives.
When I entered the building, I knew that I would not conduct research that day, not after seeing the activities downstairs. It was another exceptional day in Cairo, like many others preceding it, during my fellowship tenure in Egypt.
In a joint effort, staff and volunteers from the Egyptian National Library and Archives and the American University in Cairo's Rare Books and Special Collections Library were sorting through the remains of the historic Institut d’Égypte collection.
- Egypt Library Czar Calls For New Archives Law
Ahram Online In an interview this week with Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency, Zein Abdel-Hadi, recently appointed head of the Egyptian National Library and Archives, laid out an ambitious plan to revamp Egypt’s National Library, restructure...
- The Burning Of The Institut D'egypte
This has been the biggest and saddest antiquities news story of the last two weeks. For those who haven't caught up with it, the Institute d'Egypte, a research centre set up by Napoleon, no less, was a victim of the riots and was set on fire....
- Working On Coptic Archives
Al Ahram Weekly Nevine El-Aref reports on the completion of the first inventory to assess the current condition of manuscripts stored for almost a century in the Coptic Museum archives The Coptic Museum archives, considered to be the world's most...
- Giza Archives Project Library
Ancient World Bloggers (Charles Ellwood Jones) Thanks to Chuck Jones for posting a long list of articles available at the Giza Archives Project website. The freely accessible online library of monographs, articles, and manuscripts all focus on the Giza...
- Images Of The Destroyed Library
These are truly sad photographs from National Geographic of the destruction of the Institute de Egypte and the loss of it's library including rare and ancient books. Photo: Amr Nabil...