Virtual tours bring Egypt's museums, archaeological sites online - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amira Sayed Ahmed

Amira Sayed Ahmed

Apr 13, 2020

The ceiling of the Coptic Orthodox Red Monastery is seen in Sohag, Egypt, April 6, 2019. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Virtual museum brings world’s masterpieces to Gaza

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The burial mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun is shown during the 'Tutanchamun - Sein Grab und die Schaetze' Exhibition Preview at Kleine Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, April 2, 2015 .

Egyptologists refute British theory doubting King Tut’s mask

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An Egyptian archaeologist brushes the top of a carved black wooden sarcophagus inlaid with gilded sheets, dating to Egypt's Late Period (7th-4th century BC), on the west bank of the Nile north of the southern city of Luxor, Egypt, Nov. 24, 2018.

Extreme heat takes toll on Egypt's archaeological heritage

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In Giza, reporting on politics

Egyptian workers stand as a statue that might be of revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt over 3,000 years ago, is raised, at the Matariya area in Cairo, Egypt, March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX30SBP

Colossus discovery highlights difficulties of preserving Egypt’s heritage

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