Thursday, October 06, 2005

Culture Minister approves Hatchepsut exhibition in US


Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni approved plans to hold a Pharaonic monuments exhibition in San Francisco, from October 15 2005, to January 29, 2006.

   The exhibition will be held under the title: "Hatchepsut from Queen to Pharaoh".

    The same exhibition will move to New York on March 20 to July 9 and to Fort Worth on August 19 through September 10.

    Zahi Hawwas, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) expected the exhibition to achieve returns amounting to $100,000 adding that the New York-based Metropolitan Museum, which is due to host the exhibition, will present Egypt with equipment and tools used in renovation works.

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