Egypt
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- Egyptian Scientific Institute In Danger From Botched Restoration, Says Minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo because it is not being conducted in an appropriate...
- Egyptian Scientific Institute In Danger From Botched Restoration, Says Minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo because it is not being conducted in an appropriate...
- Egypt's Illustrious Coptic Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The first-ever locally curated exhibition on Coptic art highlights the contribution of Egypt's Copts to the nation's heritage, Nevine El-Aref takes a look at this rich past Last week Cairo's Saliba Street was...
- Opening Of The Alexandria Jewllery Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Zizinya is one of the most elegant neighbourhoods in Alexandria and the fitting home of the Alexandria Jewellery Museum, which is housed in a sumptuous building originally built as a summer palace for the family of Zeinab...
- 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...
Egypt
Princess Samiha's former palace undergoes restoration
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Overlooking Zamalek's Nile Corniche stands the three-storey building that once hosted Khedive Ismail’s granddaughter, princess Samiha Kamel, with a distinguished architectural style that combines the Mamluk, Ottoman, European, Andalusian and Moroccan styles. The awe-inspiring edifice has four facades crowned by a tower similar to those found atop Mamluk fortresses. Its front is decorated with foliage elements and its gates and widows lined with geometrical ornamentation. . . .
Two years after her death, the palace was declared state property. In 1990, it was converted into the Great Cairo Library. . . .
Routine monitoring carried out by the SCA has revealed that the palace was improperly restored, its granite columns and front having been covered with fake painting. The SCA has carried out a restoration project to rescue the landmark building and restore its original look, said Mohsen Sayed Ali, head of the SCA’s Islamic and Coptic antiquities department.
- Egyptian Scientific Institute In Danger From Botched Restoration, Says Minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo because it is not being conducted in an appropriate...
- Egyptian Scientific Institute In Danger From Botched Restoration, Says Minister
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has called on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to halt restoration work at the Egyptian Scientific Institute in Cairo because it is not being conducted in an appropriate...
- Egypt's Illustrious Coptic Heritage
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The first-ever locally curated exhibition on Coptic art highlights the contribution of Egypt's Copts to the nation's heritage, Nevine El-Aref takes a look at this rich past Last week Cairo's Saliba Street was...
- Opening Of The Alexandria Jewllery Museum
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Zizinya is one of the most elegant neighbourhoods in Alexandria and the fitting home of the Alexandria Jewellery Museum, which is housed in a sumptuous building originally built as a summer palace for the family of Zeinab...
- 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...