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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<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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