Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Hawass, Italian ambassador open first lab in Middle East for restoration of papyruses


Dr. Zahi Hawas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities and Italian ambassador in Cairo Antonio Badini opened a libratory for renovating papyruses at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

    The laboratory is the first of its kind in the Middle East.

    Hawas said the laboratory was established with a grant from the Higher Institute for Papyruses in the Italian city of Siracusa at costs amounting to 50,000 euros

 
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