From the State Information Service (original article)
Mrs. Mubarak and Prince Albert of Monaco co-opened the Egyptian antiquities exhibition featuring the Queens of Pharaonic Egypt.
Hosted by the Grimaldi Foundation, Monaco’s culture and enlightenment fort, the exhibit will shed light on women’s role in the Egyptian civilization and history.
The event will be receiving visitors from all countries until September 10, marked by tourist attractions for Europeans, Americans and Japanese during this period each year.
The Egyptian exhibit, where a mega image of Queen Cleopatra was hung outside the building, acquires a special importance as visitors would try to detect the secrets and treasures of ancient Egypt.
Mrs. Mubarak and Prince Albert have toured all seven pavilions of the exhibition that stands over an area of 4,000 square meters. It comprises 250 archeological pieces from 15 countries, including 25 from the Egyptian Museum and one piece from the Nubian Museum.
What with all the exhibitions currently touring the world, the Egyptian Museum must feel pleasantly spacious for a change. Or empty, though I think I could put aside my concerns over the transport of Egyptian antiquities for the terrible hardship and boredom of seeing an exhibition of Egyptian antiquities in Monaco…
Note: Correction to the press release, the institution in Monaco working on the exhibition is the “Grimaldi Forum”, not the Grimaldi Foundation, as mentioned in the original article.
