Egypt
Opening of Sunken Monument Exhibition in Bonn
http://tinyurl.com/2twrqw (sis.gov.eg)
"Today, Bonn will witness the opening of the Sunken Monument Exhibition amid expectations of an unprecedented turnout given that more than 850,000 visited the exhibition in Paris and Berlin. The exhibition, being the first of its kind, comprises 489 pieces unearthed by the European Institute Mission for Sunken Monuments working in Alexandria since the 1990s.
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said he agreed to hold the exhibition in Berlin, Bonn and Paris to enable the world to learn about a historical part of Egypt's ancient civilization. Hosni also added that the exhibition would move to the Crystal Palace in Madrid, Spain from February 19, 2008 to August 31, 2008. The chief of the Egyptian delegation said pieces on display include a black basalt painting, a statue for Habi, the Nile god and pink granite painting written in three ancient languages."
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Exhibition: Mubarak Sends Greeting Message To Egypt's "sunken Treasures Exhibition" In Japan
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak sent a message of greetings to "Egypt's Sunken Treasures Exhibition" to be opened by Egyptian ambassador to Japan Walid Abdel-Naser in Yokohama city. In his message, Mubarak hoped that the exhibition...
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Exhibition: Egypt's Sunken Treasures In Turin
Suite101 (Stan Parchin) After successful appearances in Berlin, Paris, Bonn and Madrid, Egypt's Sunken Treasures, the ticketed exhibition of some 500 artifacts from the submerged Nile RIver Delta towns of Alexandria, Heracleion and Canopus, is on...
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Egyptian Sunken Antiquities Carried To Italy
Egypt State Information Service Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved moving the Egyptian sunken antiquities exhibition from the city of Madrid, Spain to the Italian capital Rome. To be inaugurated next week. The exhibition is of special importance since...
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Egyptian Sunken Monuments On Eu Tour
http://tinyurl.com/hhsrb (Egypt State Information Service) "Egyptian sunken monuments recently retrieved will tour a number of European cities according to an agreement signed between the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the European Institute...
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Sunken Antiquities In France And Germany
http://tinyurl.com/aco76 (Egyptian State Information Service)"Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has approved the holding of an exhibition for sunken antiquities in Berlin on May 11. Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni said the exhibition is expected to net 1.6...
Egypt