El-Antikkhana: 1835-2020:The Egyptian Museum: 185 years In the Making

by Howard Middleton-Jones

Overview

In 1835, Mohammed Ali Pasha, the Ottoman Governor of Egypt, issued a decree whereby any antiquities found by individuals should be handed over to one Rafa Al Tahtawy, an Egyptian scholar and Dean of a Cairo school.
This step, in turn, led the setting up of the Antiquities service and a new Egyptian museum located in Cairo, in 1835. Various buildings and locations were utilized over the years until a purpose-built building was opened in 1902, the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square, Cairo.

With all eyes on the new museum development, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), nearing completion on the Giza Plateau overlooking the Pyramid complex, this publication looks back to the 19th and 20th Centuries, to follow the complex weave of antiquities collections in Egypt, the rise of the Antiquities Service and the development of the Egyptian Museum.

El Antikkhana: 1835-2020

The Egyptian Museum – 185 years in the making

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666227079
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	12/02/2020
Edition description:	Egypt History ed.
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.07(d)

About the Author

Howard was born in Swansea, South Wales, UK, completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Swansea studying Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology, with postgraduate archaeology work at Oxford University.
Howard was a chartered member of the Institute of Archaeologists for many years before retiring. He specializes in Coptic archaeology and Coptic Heritage/culture, and in 2007 developed the Multi-Media Database for Coptic archaeological sites in Egypt and is the founder and director, of the U.K. based Centre for Coptic Studies.
Howard runs a Coptic Research website and was instrumental in setting up the 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Coptic Church at Qubbat el Hawa, near Aswan.
He is also a regular contributor to the regularly published volumes, ‘Christianity and Monasticism in Egypt’ (American University in Cairo.) and has written several books on history and archaeology.