Al-Ahram Weekly Online   25 April - 1 May 2012
Issue No. 1095
Heritage
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Scrap of wizardry discovered in Oz
Rare fragments from the Book of the Dead belonging to ancient Egyptian chief architect Amenhotep have been discovered after one of the scraps was found on exhibition at Queensland Museum in Australia, Nevine El-Aref reports
Poetry's home on the Nile
The Ahmed Shawqi Museum was inaugurated on Tuesday following restoration. Nevine El-Aref attended the official opening
Egypt described and preserved for posterity
A copy of La Déscription de L'Égypte in the possession of the Ministry of Antiquities is to be restored at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Nevine El-Aref reports

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