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- Metro Line To Pyramids To Be Built
Rocket News 24 On March 20, Japan signed a deal with Egypt agreeing to finance the development of a new metro rapid transit line from Cairo to the Pyramids of Giza with a loan of 33 billion yen ($395 million). So the next time you’re...
- Construction On Grand Museum Proceeds
Japan Times Construction began Monday of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the suburbs of Giza, with completion scheduled for August 2015. The museum, which will display about 100,000 items — including King Tutankhamen's golden mask, will cost ¥63 billion...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of Pharaohs
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) With some lovely photos. Ancient Egypt's later 18th Dynasty and its controversial personalities come alive in an expanded version of the compelling special exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs...
- Hawass Chides Museums Over Antiquities
Indiana Gazette (Ula Ilnytzky) Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said Wednesday he had a wish list of objects he wants returned. He singled out several museums, including the St. Louis Art Museum, which he said...
- Exhibition: The Golden King And The Great Pharaohs
International Herald Tribune An exhibition featuring more than 130 treasures from the Egyptian tomb of King Tutankhamun and other ancient sites will begin a U.S. tour with an opening November in Atlanta. The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University...
Egypt
Tutankhamun's golden mask gets measurement
Mainichi Daily News
Experts from the state-run Japan International Cooperation Agency on Wednesday took measurements of the golden mask of boy king Tutankhamun and other artifacts at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo, in preparation for their transfer to a new museum.
"We are proud that the Egyptian side put us in charge of an operation handling the country's most important treasure," said Mikio Nakamura, a JICA chief advisor.
The operation is part of a JICA-backed project to reconstruct the database of Egyptian artifacts ahead of the transfer of some 12,500 objects to the Grand Egyptian Museum, scheduled to open in 2013 near the pyramids in Giza on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital.
- Metro Line To Pyramids To Be Built
Rocket News 24 On March 20, Japan signed a deal with Egypt agreeing to finance the development of a new metro rapid transit line from Cairo to the Pyramids of Giza with a loan of 33 billion yen ($395 million). So the next time you’re...
- Construction On Grand Museum Proceeds
Japan Times Construction began Monday of the Grand Egyptian Museum in the suburbs of Giza, with completion scheduled for August 2015. The museum, which will display about 100,000 items — including King Tutankhamen's golden mask, will cost ¥63 billion...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of Pharaohs
Art Museum Journal (Stan Parchin) With some lovely photos. Ancient Egypt's later 18th Dynasty and its controversial personalities come alive in an expanded version of the compelling special exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs...
- Hawass Chides Museums Over Antiquities
Indiana Gazette (Ula Ilnytzky) Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said Wednesday he had a wish list of objects he wants returned. He singled out several museums, including the St. Louis Art Museum, which he said...
- Exhibition: The Golden King And The Great Pharaohs
International Herald Tribune An exhibition featuring more than 130 treasures from the Egyptian tomb of King Tutankhamun and other ancient sites will begin a U.S. tour with an opening November in Atlanta. The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University...