A poet, a sculptor and a politician: Egypt’s rich yet often neglected modern...
Zaghloul met with members of his Wafd Party in a specifically designated room where he sat on a throne-like couch with his portrait overlookingHassan Ibrahim / DNE When walking through the streets of...
View ArticleTutankhamon artefacts return
A golden bed from Tutankhamon ‘s tomb In the next few days the Grand Egyptian Museum, the new museum of antiquities under construction on the Giza plateau, will receive five artefacts from the tomb of...
View ArticleCelebrating the life and art of Mohamed Abdel Wahab
Artists from a bygone era The Ahmed Shawky Museum is celebrating the pioneers of art and literature who lived at the time of the great poet. With the support of Salah El Melegy, the head of the Fine...
View ArticleSuez Canal Authority building to become international museum
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is in talks with French-based Friends of de Lesseps and the Suez Canal, along with Gaz de France Suez (GDF Suez), to transform the SCA headquarters building in Ismailia...
View Article‘Begging tourists’: Grand Museum donations plan slammed
An artist’s impression of the façade of the Grand Egyptian Museum due for completion in 2015. The Ministry of Tourism has proposed a new initiative to ask tourists to contribute donations to help fund...
View ArticleTourism in the news: Zazua: Tourism is not dead, but has been ill
According to Tourism Minister Hisham Zazua total visitor numbers to Egypt for 2012 rose 17.1% compared to that of 2011AFP Photo / Khaled Desouki By Abd al-Razaq al-Shuyakhi In a speech Hisham Zazua,...
View ArticleTourism in the news: Renovated Nasser museum opens in Port Said
A view of Port Said from the water By Basma Ragab The Port Said Governorate, along with Egypt’s Fine Arts Sector, recently finished the renovations of Egypt’s Nasser Museum at an estimated cost of EGP...
View ArticleDecrease in revenues since 25 January pushes the Ministry of Antiquities to...
Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim spoke to Al-Borsa Newspaper about difficulties faced by his ministry and future plans.(Photo from Al-Borsa Newspaper photo) By Basma Ragab, Abdel Razaq...
View ArticleAntique fabrics at the Egyptian Textile Museum
The beautifully restored museum(Photo from Egyptian Textile Museum Facebook page) By Yomna El-Saeed Egypt’s ancient history was not only written on papyrus or carved on stones, it was also woven in...
View ArticleRecovered antiquities to be exhibited
The statue of the 18th Dynasty king Tutankhamun had been stolen along with three other Pharaonic artefacts from the Egyptian Museum in the 25 January revolution and then found in a bag at a Metro...
View ArticleAncient Egypt meets Google Glass in Italy
AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE AFP – A woman tests a pair of Google glasses equiped with LIS (Italian Sign Language – ‘Linguaggio Italiano dei Segni’) capabilities and created to help deaf people during...
View ArticleDeadly Cairo blast damages museum
Men stand next to the wreckage of a car outside the Museum of Islamic Art following a bomb explosion that struck the nearby police headquarters in the capital Cairo on January 24, 2014. AFP Photo/AHMED...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Islamic Art museum damaged by blast
The bombing that took place early morning on 24 January has affected the neighbouring Islamic Art Museum and the Egyptian National Library and Archives. A group of archaeologists and art restorers...
View ArticleUNESCO to contribute in renovating Museum of Islamic Art
Workers inspect the damage in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo after it was hit during a car bomb explosion outside the police headquarters near the museum on January 24 in the capital.(AFP PHOTO /...
View ArticleBritish museum’s plan to sell ancient Egyptian statue under fire
The Sekhemka statue, carved during Egypt’s 5th dynasty, is expected to retrieve between £4m and £6m at auction Thursday(Photo Courtesy of the “Save Sekhemka Action Group”) By Simone Egarter and Menna...
View ArticleGamal Abdel Nasser museum to open in 2015
The Ministry of Culture will convert former President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s former house into a museum that will be completed by 2015, according to a ministry statement. The museum will be constructed...
View ArticleRoyal Museum of Jewellery reopens for first time since 25 January Revolution
Princess Fawzeya’s name carved in one of the pieces preserved in Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria.(Photo Public Domain) The Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh El-Damaty reopened the Royal Museum of...
View ArticleA final call to save Alexandria’s antiquities
The museum is located in one of the most spectacular places at Foa’ad Street, downtown Alexandria(Photo from state information system) By Nada Deyaa’ “Alexandria’s heritage is being wasted”: with this...
View ArticleJapan still considering whether to participate in Egypt’s economic summit:...
By Islam Atris The Japanese government has yet to decide on its participation in the March 2015 economic summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, according to the Ambassador of Japan in Cairo, Takahiro Kagawa....
View ArticleRestoration specialist claims King Tut mask can be restored
The golden mask of King Tut in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.(Photo by Mohamed Osama) Epoxy glue that was used to attach the blue and gold braided beard on the gold burial mask of King Tutankhamen can...
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