The Egyptian Museum, which opened in downtown Cairo in 1902, has long had too little exhibition space.

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Health Ministry spokesman Ahmed Osman said two protesters had been killed in violence outside the Semiramis Intercontinental hotel in downtown Cairo.

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Reports from a morgue in downtown Cairo, where many of the dead were taken, showed that most of the spectators died from asphyxiation.

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On the streets of downtown Cairo, however, just blocks outside the square, hundreds of pro-Mubarak supporters, carrying sticks and throwing rocks, charged barricades erected by anti-regime protesters.

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Writer visits Hawass in his office in downtown Cairo.

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New Cairo City is a planned community about 30km east of downtown, home to many international universities, luxury high rises and gated communities, as well as shopping malls and golf courses.

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