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will be carried out on the land, adding that
documents have proven the land is owned by
the Egyptian Museum in Tahrîr Square, in
addition to a Cabinet decision in March 2014
ordering the land be added to the museum’s
land.
dating back to Napoleon’s campaign in the
western port of Alexandria and in Abû Qîr.
(“Sunken cannons dating back to Napoleon’s
campaign discovered in Alexandria”, Egypt
Independent, June 19, 2015).
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Dimanche 21 juin 2015
In a press conference on Tuesday, al-
Damâtî said the project will include restoration
laboratories, gardens and showrooms in a twostory
building. The basement floor will include
trade store and bazaars. (“Antiquities Minister:
Cultural project to be carried out on defunct
NDP’s land”, Egypt Independent, June 17, 2015.
Voir également Alâ’ ‘Uthmân, « Le ministère de
l’Archéologie a élaboré une vision du Musée
Égyptien après l’annexion du terrain du PND »,
al-Yawm al-Sâbi‘, 16 juin ; Muna Yâsîn, « al-
Damâtî tranche la polémique : Mise en place
d’un projet culturel sur le terrain du PND », al-
Masrî al-Yawm, 17 juin).
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Vendredi 19 juin 2015
Restoration of the beams
A collection of 30 wooden beams of King
Khufu’s second solar boat have arrived to the
Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) after restoration.
The new batch is to be stored in the museum
galleries for reconstruction and later display.
Minister of Antiquities Mamdûh al-Damâtî
told Ahram Online that the GEM houses now
203 wooden beams of King Khufu’s second
boat, which was removed from its pit on the
southern side of the Great Pyramid. He
explained that the beams were inside the pit
since it was first discovered in 1954 by
Egyptian archaeologists Kamâl al-Mallâkh and
Zakî Nûr during routine cleaning on the
southern side of Khufu’s Great Pyramid.
Muhammad Mustafa ‘Abd al-Magîd, general
supervisor of the Alexandria Sunken Antiquities
Department, said a Russian excavation mission
discovered two cannons and three anchors
The boat’s wooden beams
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