Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
If you're interested seeing in a virtual tour of the Hanging Church, there's an excellent Quick Time tour of the interior on Waleed Nassar's page on the World Wide Panorama website (sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility at theUniversity of California Berkeley
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Egypt
Restoration of Hanging Church nearing completion
Egypt State Information Service
"The restoration of the Hanging Church in Old Cairo is about to complete,"said Culture Minister Farouk.
Some 96 percent of the works have been finished," Hosni told reporters. "It has cost the ministry so far LE55 million," he added.
Head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawwas said that Russian experts will arrive in Cairo next week to help restore rare icons. The restoration works started in 1999, basically to save the historical church from underground water.
If you're interested seeing in a virtual tour of the Hanging Church, there's an excellent Quick Time tour of the interior on Waleed Nassar's page on the World Wide Panorama website (sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility at the
- 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...
- Integrated Map For Egyptian Culture
State Information Service Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced that the new year will witness the inauguration of several cultural and archaeological projects in addition to a number of intellectual events. Farouk said that year 2011 that witness...
- Museum Of Islamic Art To Be Inaugurated
Egypt State Information Service President Hosni Mubarak will inaugurate the Museum of Islamic Art in July after restoration, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said on Tuesday May 4, 2010. The museum was developed and prepared for tourists to visit, he said....
- 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...