Egypt
- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Be Inaugurated
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate the Museum of Islamic Art in July after restoration, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Tuesday May 4, 2010. The museum was developed and prepared for tourists to visit, he said....
- Mubarak Opens Projects In Luxor
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/home/detail_2_22.shtml"President Hosni Mubarak yesterday opened several projects in Luxor, including the Mubarak Egyptian Heritage Centre, Luxor’s modernised railway station and airport road. The President was briefed on...
- 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...
- Coptic Museum To Reopen Soon
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/"The renovations at the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo continue. They are a major project that will make the museum one of the best in the world. The exhibitions and display halls are being overhauled and the museum...
Egypt
Mubarak inaugurates refurbished Coptic Museum
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/home/detail_2_22.shtml
"In his address during the opening ceremony, Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said the Coptic Museum is one of Egypt's most important museums as it houses a huge collection of artefacts dating to the Coptic era.
President Mubarak watched a documentary on the restoration of the museum and the methods of display of 1,300 items in 26 halls. Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass said during a tour of the museum by the President that the restoration project included the addition of a new hall devoted to the history of churches in Old Cairo. A hall for temporary exhibitions has also been built, Hawass added. The restoration project, which was carried out by a group of Egyptian experts, began in 2003, Hawass said.
. . . . President Mubarak heard a presentation by Ezzat Naguib, director general for restoration works on the Coptic Museum on manuscripts in the museum. The manuscripts, of which some date back to the 4th century AD, including 13 bibles and several exhibits obtained from monasteries in Egypt. . . . Head of the icons section Mervat Megalli briefed President Mubarak on the icon exhibits that range between 300 and 600 years old. Most of the icons are of the Virgin Mary, Christ and a number of saints."
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- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Be Inaugurated
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate the Museum of Islamic Art in July after restoration, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Tuesday May 4, 2010. The museum was developed and prepared for tourists to visit, he said....
- Mubarak Opens Projects In Luxor
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/home/detail_2_22.shtml"President Hosni Mubarak yesterday opened several projects in Luxor, including the Mubarak Egyptian Heritage Centre, Luxor’s modernised railway station and airport road. The President was briefed on...
- 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...
- Coptic Museum To Reopen Soon
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/"The renovations at the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo continue. They are a major project that will make the museum one of the best in the world. The exhibitions and display halls are being overhauled and the museum...