Terror is our common enemy - Cairo's Islamic Art Museum hit in blast - a great loss for Egypt and the world

BBC 24 January, 2014

Egypt, Cairo

Bomb attack caused damage to to the newly refurbished museum's facade and windows. "Artefacts inside were also damaged, including a rare collection of Islamic art objects, and that the museum would have to be rebuilt."




BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25877201
"Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim said artefacts inside were also damaged, including a rare collection of Islamic art objects, and that the museum would have to be rebuilt."




National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140124-cairo-egypt-museum-islamic-art-bomb-artifacts-destroyed/
"Cairo's Museum of Islamic Art—home to almost 100,000 priceless artifacts that comprise one of the world's most important collections of its kind—was extensively damaged when a car bomb exploded early Friday morning outside police headquarters across the street.

Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim described the galleries as "topsy turvy," and said the destruction was a "great loss" for Egypt and the world.

"It's a crime scene," said University of Alabama Egyptologist Sarah Parcak in a phone interview. "The bomb went off, and there's now major investigations going on by the police and the security forces."

 






Photo from the museum (Fb/Ministy of Antiquities)