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