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This museum
exhibits over 120000 objects, some of the important groups of these
objects are : Artifacts from the tombs of kings and members of the royal
families of the Middle Kingdom found at Dahshur in 1894.The contents of
the royal tombs of
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Tuthmosis III, Tuthmosis IV, Amenhotep III and
Horemheb and the tomb of Yuya and Thuya.Artifacts from the tomb of
Tutankhamun, consisting of more than 3500 Pieces, of which 1700 objects
are displayed in the museum (the rest are in storerooms). |
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A close cooperation was
established since 1992 between the SCA, Supreme Council of Antiquities
and IDSC, the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center aiming a
documentation project of all monuments and archaeological sites in
Egypt. Specialists from both sides joined their mutual efforts and a
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group of
specialists in networks and information systems with archaeological
researchers.
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The Museum of Islamic Ceramics
came into existence after the Gezira Art Center underwent a major
overhaul and facelift. It was recommended that the Center with its new
facilities and design should include a museum featuring masterpieces of
Islamic ceramics from throughout the centuries. The
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suggestion was
consolidated by the fact that ceramic art has a long history in
Egyptian civilization, from prehistoric times to the present. |
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The Ancient
Egyptian Arts-such as Music, Singing, and Dancing- are connected
strongly to the daily life of the Ancient Egyptians. According
to the vitality and the importance of the role which these arts
play in the performance of the cults and the rituals; it gained
the sacredness of the temple and the respect of clergy men |
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and the priests, so it occupied a very important part in the religious
and daily life of the ancient Egyptian society. |
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The Museum is located in an
area of great historical importance within the precinct of the Babylon
Fort, one of the remaining monuments referred to the Roman period. Lying
over 8000 square meters, buildings and garden included, the Museum has
been renovated with the two annexes
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the ancient and modern
aisles and opened for visits in 1984 AD.
The objects displayed rise up to 16000 pieces approximately, arranged as
possible in chronological order in 12 different sections. The display
had been set according to scientific measures. |
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The ground, first and second
floors of the palace are used as the museum’s gallery; the basement
houses the administrative offices, the Library, the Information Centre
and a big lecture theatre.The palace was the residence of Mohammed
Khalil’s family and the seat of his invaluable art collection until
1960. In accordance with the
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will drawn up by the wife of
Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil the palace was inaugurated as a museum on 23rd
July 1962 bearing the name of Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil and his wife
Emiline Lock. |
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The
museum contains the furniture of Ahmed Shawky’s House ( Shawky’s
bedroom, His office, His wife’s bedroom, The saloon and the poet’s
library which includes 335 books. Also the museum includes 713 papers
containing drafts for shawkys’ poems in his handwriting. The museum
shows
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also all the prizes which
were given to the poet in different occasions. Also The museum
includes his uniform,photographs,statues for him, his
family and friends. |
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Manuscripts
are considered to be one of the basis of Arabic Culture and heritage. It
gives a big hand in building human civilization. These treasures were
spread among lare number of libraries all over the world. As aresult of
that, researchers were very tired to get benefit of these manuscripts.
For this reason IDSC decides to make a
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huge database including 132000
manuscripts for these treasures to be showed on local net and on
internet. |