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‘Life After Death’ Exhibition Opens At Egyptian Museum

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities opened the “Life After Death” exhibition on Thursday in Cairo at the Egyptian Museum, according to Egypt Independent website.

Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Khaled Al-Anany, Belgian Ambassador to Cairo Sibille de Cartier d’Yves and German Ambassador to Cairo Julius Georg Luy were at the opening of the exhibition.

The exhibition comes as part of the collaboration between the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the Flemish Institute in Cairo, the Belgian Catholic University of Louvain and German Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the archaeological discoveries in the area of Deir Al-Barsha, according to the report.

Elham Salah, head of the Egyptian Museum Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities said that the exhibition will be open to the public for a month, and that 70 individual pieces are on display – all discovered during diggings in Deir-Al-Barsha.

The pieces will be displayed in several rooms and corridors of the Egyptian Museum and will be on exhibition for the first time ever.

‘Life After Death’ Exhibition Opens At Egyptian Museum

Artifacts found at the Deir-Al-Barsha archeological site go on display for the first time ever in Cairo.

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Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities opened the “Life After Death” exhibition on Thursday in Cairo at the Egyptian Museum, according to Egypt Independent website.

Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Khaled Al-Anany, Belgian Ambassador to Cairo Sibille de Cartier d’Yves and German Ambassador to Cairo Julius Georg Luy were at the opening of the exhibition.

The exhibition comes as part of the collaboration between the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the Flemish Institute in Cairo, the Belgian Catholic University of Louvain and German Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the archaeological discoveries in the area of Deir Al-Barsha, according to the report.

Elham Salah, head of the Egyptian Museum Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities said that the exhibition will be open to the public for a month, and that 70 individual pieces are on display – all discovered during diggings in Deir-Al-Barsha.

The pieces will be displayed in several rooms and corridors of the Egyptian Museum and will be on exhibition for the first time ever.

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