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Title	Coptic Museum
View	The central part of the west elevation, detail of the left side
Notes	cultural
Work Type	museum
Style/Period	Coptic
Climate Type	hot & dry
Country	Egypt
City	Cairo
Alternate Place Names	Coptic Cairo
Architectural Material	stone
Structural System	bearing masonry
Dates	1946
Century	20th century
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision Inc.
Subject Information	Coptic was the name given by sixteenth and seventeenth century Europeans to the Christian minority in Egypt, and to their language, the latest phase in the history of the ancient Egyptian language. Following suggestions at the end of the nineteenth century, in 1914 the Coptic Museum was founded by Marcus Simaika (1864-1944), a wealthy Copt and leading figure in encouraging Coptic interest in the Coptic past. Simaika won the support of the traditionalist patriarch of the Coptic Church, Cyril V (in office 1874-1927). The Church provided the land for the Museum, in Old Cairo, against the walls of the ancient Roman fortress, as well as many of the exhibits. In 1946 king Farouk opened the new museum building. Source: http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/museum/museum6.html
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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