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Cario Museum spotlights lost treasures
2005-03-16 12:21:19 XinhuaEnglish


BEIJING, Mar. 16(Xinhuanet)-- A collection of Roman-era gold, a set of magnificent gold necklaces, crowns and coins dating back to the second century were put under the spotlight Tuesday when Cairo's 102-year-old museum launched a program to give prominence to many of its neglected exhibits in new monthly displays.

Among the newly

discovered treasures is this golden bracelet with an orange agate

medallion set in the front dates back to the 2nd century A.D.

(Xinhua/Reuters photo)

A golden diadem fronted by

the image of the God Serapis is displayed at the Cairo Museum, March 15,

2005. The diadem is part of the gold jewellery collection from Dush,

discovered in 1989 by a French excavation mission in the Kharga oasis in

the western desert of Egypt.(Xinhua/Reuters photo)

A woman staffer of the

Egyptian Museum is in front of the counter which shows off one of the

stunning gold necklaces previously hidden from view at the Egyptian

Museum.(Xinhua/Reuters photo)(Agencies)

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