Al-Ahram Weekly Online   29 May - 4 June 2008
Issue No. 899
Heritage
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Safe and coming home
A 26th-dynasty limestone relief and a 19th-Dynasty ushabti (spirit model) figurine are the latest objects to be retrieved from abroad, Nevine El-Aref reports
Neglected no longer
Rehabilitating Islamic Cairo is part of the cultural heritage mission successfully accomplished by Jan Figel, the European commissioner for culture, education, training and youth, who was in Cairo last week to inaugurate a number of EU-funded cultural projects, Rania Khallaf reports

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