Egypt
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
According to Hawass the following sites are to open soon. There are some notes about some of the sites on the above page.
- Sca Head Tours Historic Cairo, Demands Clean-up
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities czar visits Old Cairo's recently-restored Al-Muizz Street only to find that chaos still reigns Moustafa Amine, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, took an unscheduled tour of Old...
- Sca To Take Legal Action In Mosque Robbery Case
Daily News EgyptThe Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is taking legal action against the workers of Mengak Al Youssefi Mosque after some of the mosque’s antiques located in the citadel area were stolen last Friday. Decorative parts of the menbar...
- 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...
- Newly Restored Tombs Open
Seven newly restored tombs in the new kingdom cemetery at Saqqara are now open for tourists to visit including those of Tutankhamun's treasurer Maya and Horemheb who later became king himself. Other tombs open include the tomb of Meryneith who was...
- Inauguration Of The Hanging Church
After 13 years of restoration the 4th century Coptic church known as "The hanging church" will be inaugurated in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies. Dr. Zahi Hawass also points out that a number of other museums including the Suez and crocodile...
Egypt
New site openings
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass)
According to Hawass the following sites are to open soon. There are some notes about some of the sites on the above page.
- The Hanging Church (Coptic), Cairo
- Suez Museum
- Crocodile Museum, Kom Ombo
- Visitor Centre, Amarna (Thanks to Claudia Ali for the correction)
- Zaghloul Mosque, Cairo
- Six Islamic-era houses, Rashid
- Salaheddin Citadel, Taba
- Qalawoun complexes in Al-Muizz Street, Cairo
- The mosque of Prince Soliman, known as the Hanging Mosque, Cairo
- The restored Serapeum, Saqqara
- New Kingdom cemetery (including tombs of Maya and Horemheb), Saqqara
- The restored Temple of Hibis, Kharga Oasis
- Sca Head Tours Historic Cairo, Demands Clean-up
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities czar visits Old Cairo's recently-restored Al-Muizz Street only to find that chaos still reigns Moustafa Amine, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, took an unscheduled tour of Old...
- Sca To Take Legal Action In Mosque Robbery Case
Daily News EgyptThe Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) is taking legal action against the workers of Mengak Al Youssefi Mosque after some of the mosque’s antiques located in the citadel area were stolen last Friday. Decorative parts of the menbar...
- 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...
- Newly Restored Tombs Open
Seven newly restored tombs in the new kingdom cemetery at Saqqara are now open for tourists to visit including those of Tutankhamun's treasurer Maya and Horemheb who later became king himself. Other tombs open include the tomb of Meryneith who was...
- Inauguration Of The Hanging Church
After 13 years of restoration the 4th century Coptic church known as "The hanging church" will be inaugurated in time for Coptic Easter ceremonies. Dr. Zahi Hawass also points out that a number of other museums including the Suez and crocodile...