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Egypt’s museums: The Revolutionary Command Council Museum
Archaeology

Egypt’s museums: The Revolutionary Command Council Museum

A presidential decree in 1996 ordered that the 1952 Revolutionary Command Council headquarters be turned into a museum. Unlike the…
Egypt’s Museums: High hopes for Egypt’s first institute of museology
Archaeology

Egypt’s Museums: High hopes for Egypt’s first institute of museology

Earlier this month, the Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) announced that it would be establishing the first Institute of…
Egypt to open Suez National Museum of Antiquities
Archaeology

Egypt to open Suez National Museum of Antiquities

Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Thursday will officially open the Suez National Museum of Antiquities, which will showcase nearly 7000…
Antique coins stolen from Cairo University museum
Egypt

Antique coins stolen from Cairo University museum

A number of items have gone missing from the museum at Cairo University's faculty of archaeology, according to a press…
Egypt’s Museums: The hidden treasure of the Shura Council
Archaeology

Egypt’s Museums: The hidden treasure of the Shura Council

Inside the Shoura Council complex – Egypt’s upper house of Parliament -- on Qasr al-Aini Street, is a peculiar museum…
From the archives: The missing ring of the modern state
Archaeology

From the archives: The missing ring of the modern state

While doing archival research on 19th century Egypt and the intricacies of the foundation of a modern state, historian Khaled…
The future of Egypt’s museums
Opinion

The future of Egypt’s museums

The recent theft of Van Gogh's famous painting, Poppy Flowers, from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum has raised critical questions…
Local museums to be inspected in wake of Van Gogh theft
Egypt

Local museums to be inspected in wake of Van Gogh theft

The Central Auditing Organization (CAO) has formed a commission to inspect museums and temples run by the Ministry of Culture,…
Q&A with Akram el-Naqeeb, son of Egypt’s last queen
Egypt

Q&A with Akram el-Naqeeb, son of Egypt’s last queen

Al-Masry Al-Youm paid a visit to Akram el-Naqeeb, son of Queen Nariman, Egypt’s last reigning queen.
Royal Jewelry museum exhibits riches of a bygone era
Archaeology

Royal Jewelry museum exhibits riches of a bygone era

A gold medal can tell different stories: the tale of the solider who earned that medal, or the tale of…
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