Long after the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization, doctors and alchemists in Europe continued the custom of showing a sign of the gods' help and protection.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

The Centre for Nubian Studies at the Nubia Museum in Aswan and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo were created with UNESCO support.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The partnership between UNESCO and the Institute of Egypt was a key element in the preparatory phase of the establishment of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN BRASILIA

On one foot: In the 1920's, an Egyptian Islamic theologian, Hassan al-Banna, challenged Islamic civilization with a most painful religious question: if Islam teaches that Muslims would come to dominate the world, how to explain the collapse of the Ottoman Islamic Empire, the only remaining caliphate (Islamic sovereignty), and how account for the state of Muslims around the world - impoverished, and dominated by the West?

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