Renovated museum recounts Egyptian postal history throughout ages

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Renovated museum recounts Egyptian postal history throughout ages

STORY: Renovated museum recounts Egyptian postal history throughout ages DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:54 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian Postal Museum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HEBA BARAKAT, Adviser to the head of Egypt's postal authority for museum affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HEBA BARAKAT, Adviser to the head of Egypt's postal authority for museum affairs STORYLINE: The old-style, palace-like building of the renovated Egyptian Postal Museum in the heart of downtown Cairo is home to thousands of items recounting the country's postal history from the times of ancient Egypt until the modern Egyptian mail service established in the 19th century. When the museum was officially inaugurated by King Farouk of Egypt in 1940, it was only one hall and a passage with 1,250 exhibited items in this very same building of Egypt's first postal authority, which was established in 1865. But today after its renovation and development over the past three years, the museum

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