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Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The author writes about the history and current status of the Coptic
Museum, having been recently
inaugurated by President Mubārak after restoration works.
Date of source: Monday, July 10, 2006
The author notes the reopening of
the Coptic museum in 2006, noting
that its restoration cost 30 million Egyptian pounds.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Egyptian President
Muhammad Husnī
Mubārak yesterday opened the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo, recently renovated at a cost
of L.E. 30 million.
The renovation was made through a $300 million from the Japanese government, the
Egyptian minister of culture,
Fārouq Husnī said.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
At a press
conference,
preceding the opening of an exhibition of Tutankhamen monuments in Chicago a few days ago, the
secretary-
general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zāhī Hawwās, urged wealthy
businessman, John
Roe, to return a Pharaonic sarcophagus, which Roe keeps in his office...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
The British Embassy in Cairo has hosted a
reception to discuss the rare manuscripts of al-Siryān Monastery and ways to preserve them as part of
the
great Coptic heritage and Egyptian civilization.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The
recently discovered Gospel of Judas has caused heated controversy in Christian circles. Despite
having been
rejected by the church, the Coptic manuscript is considered to be of considerable scientific and
historical
value.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The article highlights the second Scientific Meeting of Archaeologists, during
which experts focused on excavation and restoration works to save Islamic, Coptic and Jewish antiquities, as
well
as discussing recent archaeological finds.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
The Minister of Culture decided to recognize the church of the Virgin Mary in Al-Balyana as an architectural monument affiliated with the sector of Islamic and Coptic Antiquities. The church building dates back to 1805.
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2005
Zāhī Hawwās, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, refutes the claim that the Jews built the Pyramids.
Date of source: Thursday, August 25, 2005
Article by Professor Kawthar Bint ‘Abd al-Halīm, a former lecturer in the Faculty of Education in Saudi Arabia rejects Jewish arguments that the Pyramids belong to the Jews.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.