MRS. MUBARAK, MRS. CHIRAC INAUGURATE AMENHOTEP MUSEUM

From: Info-Prod Research (Middle East) | Date: April 23, 2006 | Copyright information

Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak and Mrs. Bernadette Chirac, Thursday co- inaugurated Amenhotep Museum at Saqqara area, situated on the West Bank of the River Nile, about 30 km south of Cairo. The Ministry of Culture has modernized the ...

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