Thursday, April 05, 2007

Opening of Sunken Monument Exhibition in Bonn

http://tinyurl.com/2twrqw (sis.gov.eg)
"Today, Bonn will witness the opening of the Sunken Monument Exhibition amid expectations of an unprecedented turnout given that more than 850,000 visited the exhibition in Paris and Berlin. The exhibition, being the first of its kind, comprises 489 pieces unearthed by the European Institute Mission for Sunken Monuments working in Alexandria since the 1990s.
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said he agreed to hold the exhibition in Berlin, Bonn and Paris to enable the world to learn about a historical part of Egypt's ancient civilization. Hosni also added that the exhibition would move to the Crystal Palace in Madrid, Spain from February 19, 2008 to August 31, 2008. The chief of the Egyptian delegation said pieces on display include a black basalt painting, a statue for Habi, the Nile god and pink granite painting written in three ancient languages."

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