Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
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- Living Like An Ottoman In Rosetta
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- The Rose Of The Nile
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Egypt
Ottoman museum reopens
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref)
During his tour of the Delta town of Rosetta to inaugurate development projects in the area, President Hosni Mubarak, along with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif; Culture Minister Farouk Hosni; Zahi Hawass secretary- general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA); and other ministers and government officials last Thursday opened the town's National Museum.
Mubarak viewed the various galleries of the museum, which altogether display 600 objects chosen to show the history of Rosetta from the time of the town's foundation in ancient times right through to the modern era.
The pieces on display were carefully selected from the Islamic and Coptic museums and the Gayer Anderson House in Cairo. Another 200 objects were unearthed from archaeological sites around Rosetta. These include a collection of Omayyad and Ottoman gold and bronze coins, pots and pans, versions of the holy Quran and a number of 18th- and 19th-century weapons such as arrows, swords, knives and pistols. Tapestry, military and national Ottoman and Mamluk costumes are also on show.
To give visitors an idea of what an Ottoman house looked liked, some galleries have been furnished with a complete set of Ottoman furniture consisting of a bedroom, reception room, kitchen and bathroom.
See the above page for the full story.
- More On First Stages Of Grand Egyptian Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) From the moment President Hosni Mubarak laid the foundation stone in February 2002 there was no doubting the scale of the ambition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) was always intended to be an architectural masterpiece,...
- More Re Opening Of Arish National Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Five years after building started and many more years since its inception, the temple- shaped, honey-coloured Arish National Museum stood poised last Sunday for its official inauguration by Mrs Suzanne Mubarak. The long-awaited...
- Living Like An Ottoman In Rosetta
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el Aref) Famous for the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, the black basalt slab that was the key to deciphering hieroglyphs and uncovering the lives of ancient Egyptian kings, Rosetta, or Rashid, has much more to provide to its visitors....
- New Museum
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7015This is the last bulleting on the above page: "Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni is preparing to open yet another museum this month, this time in the beautiful coastal city of Rachid, where the Rosetta...
- The Rose Of The Nile
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/770/he1.htm"A massive restoration project is breathing new life into the long-neglected Rashid National Museum". This article focuses on the newly restored Arab Killy House, the 400-year-old residential house of Rashid's...