mercoledì 7 marzo 2012

Coptic Museum

 
About the Museum


Is one of the most important historical museums in Egypt, especially in light of the contents of the original cultural knowledge as well as its historic fortress of Babylon in the famous historical monuments, a remainder of the Romanian Empire in Egypt.
The disco thick Pasha founded the museum in 1910 during the reign of Sultan Hussein to fill a gap in the record and Egyptian technical study of the history of Christianity in Egypt, the museum has received attention and care of the Sultan, "Hussein."
· Consists of:
Six of the most important and oldest Coptic churches dating to between the sixth and the eighth century AD.
The icons of the most important museum collections and translated in three languages ​​English, French and Arabic. There is a specialized library especially the Christian religion ... The evidence for the churches in Egypt
Address:

Cairo - Ancient Egypt - George Street.

Phone:

3639742 to 3628766

Dates:
  9: Winter 3 - 9: 4 in summer
Fees:
  For the Egyptians 1 pound - for residents and foreign students and foreigners 8 pounds 16 pounds.

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