Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly
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Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) A closed meeting with the army engineering section and the Arab Contractor Company a delegation with the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) led by Mohamed Shiha head of the Projects Department is to be held tomorrow...
- Royal Bling Glitters
Al Ahram Weekly FOLLOWING almost six decades in storage, for part of that time at the Central Bank of Egypt, a number of important pieces belonging to the Mohamed Ali family jewellery collection have been placed in the Egyptian Museum. Last week the museum...
- Crown Jewels From Mohammed Ali Dynasty To Go On Show
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- Palatial Museum For Assiut
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- Book Review: Abdin Palace
Egyptian Gazette As usual with the Egyptian Gazette, if you are interested in this piece you should have a look at it shortly, because unless changes have been made to their online arrangements recently, the Egyptian Gazette doesn't archive its online...
Egypt
Royal splash to highlight museum
Al Ahram Weekly
The Mohamed Ali family jewels are to be placed on display at the Royal Jewellery Museum in Alexandria after spending nearly six decades locked in the treasury of the Central Bank of Egypt, Nevine El-Aref reports
The jewellery, which has been preserved in 45 wooden crates since the 1952 Revolution, will be handed over to a committee of experts from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), which in turn will inspect and if necessary restore it.
The Royal Jewellery Museum is housed in a two-storey palace built in 1923 in an Italian architectural style for Princess Fatma El-Zahraa, a member of the Mohamed Ali family. The foyer is a grandiose affair with soft, deep burgundy, carpets and carved and gilded ceilings. A marble staircase sweeps up to the first floor.
The walls are decorated with portraits of members of the Mohamed Ali family with a brief description of each personality. The ceilings of each room are painted by Egyptian, Italian and French artists and depict tales from Greek mythology, while the ceilings on the second floor depict details of famous French and Italian love stories.
Even the bathrooms on both floors are true works of art.
- Action Taken To Restore Scientific Institute
Ahram Online (Nevine El Aref) A closed meeting with the army engineering section and the Arab Contractor Company a delegation with the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) led by Mohamed Shiha head of the Projects Department is to be held tomorrow...
- Royal Bling Glitters
Al Ahram Weekly FOLLOWING almost six decades in storage, for part of that time at the Central Bank of Egypt, a number of important pieces belonging to the Mohamed Ali family jewellery collection have been placed in the Egyptian Museum. Last week the museum...
- Crown Jewels From Mohammed Ali Dynasty To Go On Show
Strait Times EGYPT said on Wednesday it plans to put on public display crown jewels belonging the dynasty that ruled the country for 150 years until the fall of the monarchy in 1952. The jewels have been kept under lock and key in 45 crates in the vaults...
- Palatial Museum For Assiut
Al-Ahram The exquisite, early 20th-century residential palace of Alexan Pasha will soon be converted into the Assiut National Museum, Nevine El-Aref reports. The Alexan Pasha Palace stands on the Nile Corniche in Assiut, its faded decorative façades...
- Book Review: Abdin Palace
Egyptian Gazette As usual with the Egyptian Gazette, if you are interested in this piece you should have a look at it shortly, because unless changes have been made to their online arrangements recently, the Egyptian Gazette doesn't archive its online...