Cultural museum in Port Said keeps Ancient Egyptian musical heritage alive

Keeping Pharaonic musical traditions alive: A craftsman in Port Said is one of very few people working to keep the cultural heritage of the semsemia, a harp used during the Pharaonic era, AFP reports. Mohamed Ghaly, whose folk arts museum dedicated to the semsemia was demolished in February, has founded a new cultural museum, Canal 20. The organization aims to teach a new generation how to craft the instrument and continue the ancient musical tradition.