Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
- 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), CairoSuez MuseumCrocodile Museum, Kom OmboVisitor Centre, Amarna (Thanks...
- Revisiting Coptic Cairo
Egyptian Gazette (Navigate to Tourism section to find the story, which will expire in the next few days) Old Cairo (Masr al-Qadima in Arabic) describes the area that grew up around the Roman fortress of Babylon, built in the time of Augustus after his...
- 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...
- 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...
- Restoring The Hanging Church
Russian experts are restoring the third century Coptic church known as the hanging church outside of Cairo. http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6543...
Egypt
Old Cairo's Hanging Church restored
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
At Mogamaa Al-Adian (religious compound) in Old Cairo, adjacent to the Amr Ibn Al-Ass mosque, Ben Ezra synagogue and a collection of churches, stands the Hanging Church with its Basilica-style architecture on top of the Roman fortress of Babylon, greeting its visitors and worshipers. This fourth century edifice has finally reached the end of its restoration after 13 years of hiding under iron scaffoldings, piles of sand and workmen who have been polishing and strengthening its walls, ceilings and towers.
The Hanging Church, like other monuments located in heavily populated areas, was suffering seriously from environmental hazards including air pollution, a high subsoil water level, a high rate of humidity, leakage of water from the outdated and decayed sewage system installed 100 years ago, not to mention the adverse effects of the 1992’s earthquake, which increased the number of cracks all over the church’s walls and foundation.
- 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), CairoSuez MuseumCrocodile Museum, Kom OmboVisitor Centre, Amarna (Thanks...
- Revisiting Coptic Cairo
Egyptian Gazette (Navigate to Tourism section to find the story, which will expire in the next few days) Old Cairo (Masr al-Qadima in Arabic) describes the area that grew up around the Roman fortress of Babylon, built in the time of Augustus after his...
- 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...
- 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...
- Restoring The Hanging Church
Russian experts are restoring the third century Coptic church known as the hanging church outside of Cairo. http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6543...