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Al-Ahram Weekly 3 - 9 August 2000 Issue No. 493 |
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| Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 |
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POPES AND MINISTERS: The restoration of Old Cairo's fourth century Hanging Church has taken on Byzantine twists with the disappearnce of a first century Roman fresco and claims and counter claims over the inadvertant plastering of a 1,500 year-old marble pulpit. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni has invited Pope Shenouda to view the work completed so far, in an attempt to calm the situation
(photo: Khaled El-Fiqi)
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