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Sinai antiquities museum damaged in terrorist attack

Collection, moved into basement and offsite storage since 2013, survives destruction. 

 

The Al-Arish Museum in the north of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was severely damaged last week during simultaneous terrorist attacks across the region that left 30 people dead and at least 60 others injured.

 

The head of the Ministry of Antiquities (MSA) museum section, Ahmed Sharaf, speaking with Ahram Online, said that the front of the building and one side were destroyed, some ceilings collapsed and windows were shattered. 

The Art Newspaper

February 4, 2015

© Ahram Online

A side building also collapsed. Sharaf told the Cairo Post that all of the objects survived the destruction, as they had either been stored in the museum’s basement or had been transferred to another facility.

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