Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Culture Minister unveils new building for Egypt's historical documents

State Information Service


Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has unveiled plans to construct a new building to display Egypt's historical documents and papers. Hosni said the building will cost LE30 million donated by Sheikh Al-Qasimi, the ruler of the United Arab Emirates of Al-Sharjah. The new building will be constructed on 5,000 square metres in Old Cairo's district of Al-Fostat. Hosni has set up a special committee of architects to design the new building. The experts have visited a number of similar institutions, chiefly in Paris and Spain. The new building will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology to ensure its safety.

1 comment:

mike said...

With its massive pyramids, miraculously preserved mummies and mysterious hieroglyphs, ancient Egypt holds a special place in the popular imagination — a distant land where crocodiles prowled the banks of the Nile, people routinely practiced the art of embalming the dead, and pharaohs were immortalized with monumental structures that rival anything from our own era. This abiding appeal dates back even to the ancient Greeks, says Susan Edwards, executive director of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, and today it still captures the public's attention.
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