Egypt
- 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,...
- Downtown Palace To Become History Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ The article on this URL will expire shortly I have reproduced this article by Hassan Saadallah in full: "The Said Pasha Abdul Halim Palace in Champollion Street, central Cairo, is to be converted into an Egyptian...
- Stone Man Walking
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6939"In February 1996, a UNESCO-organized conference projected that many of Egypt’s archaeological sites will have completely deteriorated within 200 years. Dr. Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council...
- 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...
- 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
Newly opened Coptic museum
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6913
"Founded by Morkos Smeika Pasha, the Coptic Museum opened in 1910 to trace and preserve the history of Christian Egypt by displaying artifacts recovered from Egypt’s monasteries. After nearly two and a half years of restoration work, the Supreme Council of Antiquities, in partnership with USAID and the American Research Center in Egypt, reopened this 8,000-square-meter complex, housing a collection of approximately 14,000 pieces, some dating back to the third century AD.
The building is an architectural marvel combining Roman and Mediterranean styles, with white stone walls accented by smooth pillars and wood-latticed windows overlooking a terrace blooming with flowers and palm trees. Inside, you find heavenly high ceilings of ornately carved dark wood, providing a canopy over marble floors twinkling with mashrabeyya-filtered sunbeams.
The two-story museum is well organized, with exhibits arranged chronologically throughout 14 halls embracing an inner courtyard."
The building is an architectural marvel combining Roman and Mediterranean styles, with white stone walls accented by smooth pillars and wood-latticed windows overlooking a terrace blooming with flowers and palm trees. Inside, you find heavenly high ceilings of ornately carved dark wood, providing a canopy over marble floors twinkling with mashrabeyya-filtered sunbeams.
The two-story museum is well organized, with exhibits arranged chronologically throughout 14 halls embracing an inner courtyard."
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- 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,...
- Downtown Palace To Become History Museum
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ The article on this URL will expire shortly I have reproduced this article by Hassan Saadallah in full: "The Said Pasha Abdul Halim Palace in Champollion Street, central Cairo, is to be converted into an Egyptian...
- Stone Man Walking
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6939"In February 1996, a UNESCO-organized conference projected that many of Egypt’s archaeological sites will have completely deteriorated within 200 years. Dr. Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council...
- 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...
- 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...