Egypt reopens Tanta Museum after restoration and 19 years of inactivity

The Antiquities Ministry has reopened the Tanta Museum after 19 years of being closed to the public, Minister Khaled El Anany said at a press conference, according to Al Masry Al Youm. The museum houses north of 2k ancient Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Coptic and Islamic artifacts discovered in the Nile Delta. It was restored at a cost of nearly EGP 13 mn.