Concours pour le musée des Antiquités Egyptiennes du Caire, 1895. Théories de l’art lithographs

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Concours pour le musée des Antiquités Egyptiennes du Caire, 1895. Théories de l’art lithographsThe competition for the construction of a museum of Egyptian antiquities in Cairo was launched on July 18, 1894. It was the first architectural competition held in Egypt. It had an international impact, generating projects from French (first prize), European, American, Egyptian, Maltese, and Syrian architects. The texts brought together here under the direction of Enzo Godoli and Mercedes Volait are taken from the study day organized as part of the