MANAMA, APRIL 8 (BNA) -- AN INTERNATIONAL PHARAOH EXHIBITION OPENS UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF PRIME MINISTER SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA ON WEDNESDAY AT THE BAHRAIN NATIONAL MUSEUM.
THE EXHIBITION, TITLED THE TREASURES OF ANCIENT EGYPT, IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE INFORMATION MINISTRYS CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE DIRECTORATE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN BAHRAIN AND EGYPT.

IT IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS IN THE WORLD AS IT HIGHLIGHTS PART OF THE EGYPTIAN PHARAONIC CIVILIZATION.

RARE ANTIQUITIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT FOUND IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE PUZZLED ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND THE WORLD WILL BE ON DISPLAY, THE DAILY AKHBAR AL KHALEEJ SAID TODAY.

BAHRAIN IS THE FIRST ARAB COUNTRY TO HOST THE EXHIBITION WHICH IS ON A WORLDWIDE TOUR.

THE EXHIBITION COINCIDES WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SECOND SPRING OF CULTURE FESTIVAL AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AUGUST.

SEMINARS BY SPECIALISTS IN EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY WILL BE HELD ON THE SIDELINES OF THE EXHIBITION OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.

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