Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
- The Post-revolution State Of Egypt's Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The 25 January Revolution seems to have cast the Pharaohs' curse over the antiquities and museums sector in Egypt, which has seen more than its share of bad luck in the past nine months. The early days of the uprising...
- The National Museum Of Egyptian Civilization
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The scene as one steps into the 33-feddan site of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) overlooking Ain Al-Sira Lake in the heart of Egypt's first Islamic Capital, Al-Fustat, is totally different from...
- Civilization Museum To Be Opened
Egypt State Information Service The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) will be opened in July 2011 in the neighbourhood of el-Fustat, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said on August 9th 2010 . While inspecting work at the NMEC site, he said...
- Heritage Management: Unesco's New Director-general
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Irina Bokova, the newly appointed UNESCO director-general, visited Egypt on 5 December to attend the first meeting of the permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights after being invited by Boutros...
- New Museums For All
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he2.htm"In an attempt to preserve Egypt's priceless treasures, both stored and newly-discovered, to create the best environment to display them and to release the pressure in some overstuffed museums, the Ministry...
Egypt
National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation to open next September
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Culture Minister Farouk Hosny on Monday inspected the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) to check on the final stage of its construction.
During the tour Hosny said that the work was on schedule and told reporters that a committee will be appointed to follow up on the progress.
Developed with technical support from UNESCO, the building, located in EL-Fustat, was designed by the Egyptian architect Dr El Ghazzali Kosseiba and the Japanese interior designer Arata Isozaki.
Hosny described the museum as an exploration of Egypt's history through an exploration of its people as well as the monuments they built. On display will be 150,000 artifacts selected from museums around Egypt including Cairo's Egyptian, Islamic and Coptic museums; theGreco-Roman and Alexandria National museums in Alexandria; and the Luxor Museum. Archaeological artifacts kept in storage in sites such as the Giza Plateau and Saqqara will also be put on display.
- The Post-revolution State Of Egypt's Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The 25 January Revolution seems to have cast the Pharaohs' curse over the antiquities and museums sector in Egypt, which has seen more than its share of bad luck in the past nine months. The early days of the uprising...
- The National Museum Of Egyptian Civilization
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The scene as one steps into the 33-feddan site of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) overlooking Ain Al-Sira Lake in the heart of Egypt's first Islamic Capital, Al-Fustat, is totally different from...
- Civilization Museum To Be Opened
Egypt State Information Service The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) will be opened in July 2011 in the neighbourhood of el-Fustat, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said on August 9th 2010 . While inspecting work at the NMEC site, he said...
- Heritage Management: Unesco's New Director-general
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) Irina Bokova, the newly appointed UNESCO director-general, visited Egypt on 5 December to attend the first meeting of the permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights after being invited by Boutros...
- New Museums For All
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he2.htm"In an attempt to preserve Egypt's priceless treasures, both stored and newly-discovered, to create the best environment to display them and to release the pressure in some overstuffed museums, the Ministry...