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Coptic Museum

The establishment of the museum: 

 This museum is located in ancient Egypt, within the borders of Fortress of Babylon and that no residues behind the museum building, construction began days of the Persians, but occurred several additions during the reign of Roman emperors Trajan August and then added it was followed by Roman emperors. • It should be noted the role of the French scientist (Maspero), who worked on the collection of Coptic art and customize the hall at the Egyptian Museum. • Then student Mark Pasha thick in 1893 that includes a Coptic monuments to the concerns of the Commission for the Conservation of Antiquities and the arts. • this man has labored long until he was able to establish the current building of the museum, which opened in 1910 and was appointed the first director of the museum. • The first evidence of the museum was published a year 1930. The main sections of the museum: • This museum is the largest museum in the world to the effects of Egypt's Coptic stage which includes the following sections: o Department of stones and stucco fees. o Department of the development of writing Coptic manuscripts. o Department of fabrics and textiles. o Department of ivory and icons. o Timber Section. o Department of Minerals. o Department of pottery and glass. The most important museum collections: the number of holdings in the museum about 16,000 Coptic collector has arranged the museum's holdings depending on the qualities of the twelve sections, offered a presentation takes into account the scientific chronological order as much as possible and mention one of the most important the museum Mguetinat:

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1 - Gravestone of limestone shows the overlap between the quotation Cross and Ankh (the end of the 4th century AD). 2 - piece of fabric some Christian symbols (6th century AD). 3 - engraving on ivory comb shows some of the miracles of Jesus (7th century AD). 4 - Taj column of limestone decorated with bunches of grapes (7th century AD). 5 - Lamp bronze handle in the form of Crescent and Cross (13th century AD, citing: Mohammed believer (Rhodes)
The old wing of the museum houses 
a collection of pieces of furniture and wooden doors inlaid. It should be noted that it includes a door made of wood sycamore your icons holder Church of St. Barbara. Indistinguishable panels where they installed in the Fatimid era during the eleventh century and the second century.Collection housed in the new wing, which shows various types and styles and themes, such as engineering designs, coil plant acanthus and vine leaves, and Avrizzat decorated Beranb, peacocks, birds, and rural activities, through heritage Alhellinsty and Coptic even formulas Islamic art in Egypt. The Coptic Museum includes manuscripts of the Bible dating back to thousands of years, which is a architectural masterpiece
Coptic Museum built to fill a gap in the history of Egyptian art. That the wide range of antiques, most of which is matter of great importance to Coptic art in the world. [1].
We have built the museum on the ground "stop" belonging to the Coptic Church, which provided willingly disposal founder His Holiness The late Cyril V [2] (died in 1927 AD and was followed by Abba humanizes nineteenth in 1929 AD) is the Coptic Museum in place is very important from a historical perspective It is located within the walls of the famous Fortress of Babylon, one of the months and the largest of the remaining vestiges of the Roman Empire in Egypt, and covering a total comprehensive park and fort around 8000, and has been developed the old and new wings and the Hanging Church was then inaugurated in 1984.The number of holdings Coptic Museum 

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about 16,000 collectors has arranged the museum's holdings depending on the qualities of the twelve sections, offered a presentation takes into account the scientific chronological order as much as possible. The Coptic Museum has been continued for the Coptic Patriarchate until 1931 and then became affiliated with the Ministry of Culture. The average daily number of visitors from 200 to 250 individuals of different nationalities. [3]
The old wing of the museum houses 

a collection of pieces of furniture and wooden doors inlaid. It should be noted that it includes a door made of wood sycamore your icons holder Church of St. Barbara. Indistinguishable panels where they installed in the Fatimid era during the eleventh century and the second century.

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Collection housed in the new wing, 

which shows various types and styles and themes, such as engineering designs, coil plant acanthus and vine leaves, and Avrizzat decorated Beranb, peacocks, birds, and rural activities, through heritage Alhellinsty and Coptic even formulas Islamic art in Egypt. The Coptic Museum includes manuscripts of the Bible dating back to thousands of years, which is a architectural masterpiece