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One thing that's not mentioned is that this museum is a legacy making project of the Sisi administration, just like how the Bibliotheca Alexandrina was Mubarak'
by alephnerd 1y ago
One thing that's not mentioned is that this museum is a legacy making project of the Sisi administration, just like how the Bibliotheca Alexandrina was Mubarak's [0].
It shouldn't distract from the museum itself (it's actually really good), but it's interesting context to see how culture, history, and politics continue to overlap. It is also hard to overstate how much of Sisi's decisions are themselves around trying to define his own legacy in history in a manner that Mubarak, Sadat, and other strongmen in Egypt have tried.
[0] - https://www.snohetta.com/projects/bibliotheca-alexandrina https://www.snohetta.com/projects/bibliotheca-alexandrina
- jameslk 1y agoInstead of giant pyramids, it’s giant museums these days
- vjvjvjvjghv 1y agoThey won’t last as long though. I bet the museum is gone before the pyramids.
- toyg 1y agoWell, the project was technically started by Mubarak, it's been 30 years in the making. Sisi undoubtedly helped, but he also helped a bunch of digs and other activities; he just sees (like Mubarak before him) Egypt's historical wealth as a way to stimulate tourism and project prestige abroad.
- nashashmi 1y agoI saw Sissi on the billboards of everywhere. I was visiting the tombs and temples and monuments of ancient Egypt. Eventually I could not tell the difference between Sissi and Ramses II. There is an old legend about a guy who saw a dream after falling asleep under the sphinx. The sphinx said to excavate and uncover the magnificence of the sphinx if he wants to become king. He did. He became king. He told everyone his dream. And the practice continues to this day: uncover ancient Egypt so that you may be the king. Morsi did not do this.
- mmasu 1y agoMorsi did not have much time to do anything in all frankness - Sisi has now been there for 10+ years