Monday 30 March 2009

egyptian museum of antiquities

Prosecutors said the funeral mask of Lady Ka-Nefer-Nefer went missing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo about 40 years ago and that it should be returned to its country of origin. The St. Louis Art Museum said it researched the provenance of the mask and legitimately purchased it in... A message left with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities was not returned. The 20-inch-long funeral mask of painted and gilded plaster-coated linen over wood with inlaid glass...

The Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum of
The Egyptian Museum of

Egyptian Museum: Mummy
Egyptian Museum: Mummy

Egyptian Museum of Antiquities
Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

Egyptian Museum in Egypt
Egyptian Museum in Egypt

Cairo Egyptian Museum
Cairo Egyptian Museum

Outside, the side of the building closest to the Nile has been developed into a café and 'museum store' – the latter still empty after it took the brunt of looting during the Egyptian revolution last year. Inside, I was pleased to see a large number of visitors had returned – but also... It was therefore incredibly heartening to see the Museum reinventing itself. This great collection of Egyptian antiquities has become as much about Egypt's present and future as about its past.
Curator's Diary 11/4/12: Visiting Egypt (3) – the Egyptian Museum ...

The museum with 133000 square meters of floor space will accept items from the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo and elsewhere. ==Kyodo. Egyptian museum in Giza. Category. Politics · Society · Travel / City Life...
egyptian museum of antiquities

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