Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/29/2022 11:14:00 AM
Zahi Hawass continues his description of the dramatic events at the Egyptian Museum in January 2011.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/23/2022 5:47:00 PM
Zahi Hawass describes the dramatic events of 28 January 2011 and the attack on the Egyptian Museum.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/16/2022 9:14:16 PM
Zahi Hawass writes on the history of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, including its foundation and early history
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/5/2022 3:10:00 PM
The School of Egyptian Civilisation is to be revived at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) overlooking the Ain Al-Sira Lake in Fustat in Cairo. The school, previously an arm of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square before it closed two decades ago, will now find a new home at the NMEC.
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Antiquities
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Museums
7/13/2022 2:36:43 PM
To raise the cultural and archaeological awareness of Egyptians, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir launched free guides to its Egyptian visitors during summer vacation and official holidays, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Wednesday.
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Antiquities
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Museums
7/9/2022 1:53:27 PM
A few months after receiving the fourth, third and second shrines of Tutankhamun, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received the first and biggest shrine and placed it in its permanent location at the boy king’s gallery.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
6/21/2022 9:41:04 PM
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square has organised an exhibition of ancient Egyptian musical instruments to celebrate this year’s World Music Day, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Antiquities
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Museums
5/16/2022 6:08:54 PM
Architectural work at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is scheduled for completion by the end of June and interior finishes by the end of September, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/4/2022 4:02:50 PM
Three-time Grammy Award-winning US band Maroon 5 visited on Wednesday the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square, downtown Cairo, hours after they performed their first concert in the North African country at the great historical sight of the Giza pyramids.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
3/1/2022 10:14:49 PM
The Grand Egyptian Museum, the first eco-friendly museum in Egypt, is being readied for its grand opening with the arrival of gigantic ancient Egyptian colossi
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/28/2022 6:14:47 PM
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received on Monday a collection of gigantic colossi from the Egyptian museum in Tahrir that includes a pair of statues of the Ancient Egyptian gods Amun-Re and Mut, a red granite column of king Ramses II, a limestone statue of the goddess Isis holding her son — Horus — along with other gigantic artefacts.
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Egypt
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Tourism
2/25/2022 8:03:33 PM
In an attempt to transform the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) into Egypt’s first eco-friendly museum, several services are now being reviewed to make sure it meets the required standards for sustainability in its environmental, economic and cultural dimensions.
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Egypt
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Tourism
2/23/2022 5:51:16 PM
Under the title ‘5 fascinating Egyptian Museums to add to your bucket-list,’ Life Guardian website has highlighted five Egyptian museums as must visit destinations, a statement by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism said on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
2/19/2022 4:51:00 PM
Work at the Grand Egyptian Museum on the Pyramids Plateau is in full swing in order to meet the deadline for its inauguration.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
2/14/2022 1:48:19 PM
A number of Egyptian museums are celebrating Valentine's Day by showcasing artefacts, some of which are being displayed for the first time, that highlight the concept of love in ancient Egypt.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
12/20/2021 6:24:53 PM
The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has received a collection of 23 artefacts, including large stone reliefs, transported from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir and Saqqara and Ismailia archaeological sites.
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Antiquities
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Museums
11/18/2021 1:33:51 PM
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched a new website for the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, Cairo, marking the museum's 119th anniversary.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/12/2021 1:30:00 PM
As preparations continue for the opening of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, Egypt should continue to press for the return of irreplaceable artefacts from museums abroad.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
11/9/2021 10:35:00 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Enany inaugurated “Exalted Spirits: The Veneration of the Dead in Egypt through the Ages” exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
10/28/2021 12:46:00 PM
A breathtaking exhibition of Egyptian and international contemporary art awaits visitors to the Giza Plateau and the Pyramids.
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