News & Events

On 12th March 2012, a lavish ceremony was held at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) for the beginning of the construction of the Museum. At the crescendo of the ceremony, Minister of State for Antiquities gave a command “Start the work!” in front of the invitees to […]

2011-04-01 ADD staff members photographs the pectoral of the King Tut Currently we are working on making archeological database includes the artifacts that will be in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), as a part of the project. Our competent team revises the old archeological records of the selected artifacts for […]

6-5-2010   On 5th of May this year, after the two experts Mr. Matsuda and Mr. Suemori are appointed, regular meetings started with the heads of the conservation and chemical analysis labs in the GEM-CC. The first meeting was in the office of the Deputy Director of the Centre attended […]

5-5-2010   New members joined our project team this year. Conservation experts were dispatched in April for two months; Mr. Matsuda -Head of the Conservation Research Center in Tohoku University of technology arts, and Mr. Suemori, the Conservation Training Organizer, who are working for two months till the end of […]

 2-5-2010 On the 2nd of May 2010, Mr. Fuji from NHK news agency, Cairo office, visited GEM-CC for media coverage. Firstly, they took photos of the conservators during conservation works on the wooden coffins and stones in the GEM-CC which has began lately. They also took photos showing the atmosphere […]

1-5-2010 Workflow progress of the Archeological Database Department (ADD): Preparations for the ADD work began last year while actual work started on 11th April 2010. Work is going on now in one of the galleries of artifacts in the Egyptian Museum by checking, measuring and photographing the artifacts placed in […]

30-4-2010     On the 29th of April 2010, one of the experts in cultural heritage, museums and Egyptology was invited to give the first lecture of a series which provides an opportunity to the ADD to think about the importance of their job and to get a general idea of […]

22-4-2010   On April 18, 2010, Mr. Mikio Nakamura has given a one and a half hour lecture on the project in a response to a request from Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Egypt. The lecture was held in the Institute for Diplomatic Studies, which is located […]

28-2-2010 The mission from Japan came on 21st till 25th of February to make the plan for the second phase, which is the primary phase of the project. The mission members were five, including Mr. Maekawa, Senior Manager of Department of Regional Planning of Cities, Mr. Yamauchi, Director of Chamber […]

 29-12-2009     As a part of the training program, conservators of the Grand Egyptian Museum were sent to participate in three training courses in Japan this year. The training courses were held mainly in the National Institute for Cultural Studies in Ueno,Tokyo. In the first course, the conservators were trained […]