For one night, the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens will transform into ancient Egypt for the Cummer Museum Ball & Auction on April 21.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Cummer Museum Ball & Auction, and to commemorate the Ball’s anniversary, the Cummer Council served as the presenting sponsor for their past exhibit: “Temples and Tombs.” The event is at the museum and begins at 6 p.m.

Money raised at the Ball & Auction will go to the funding of the “Temples and Tombs” exhibit that was at the museum from Dec. 22 - March 18. Kim Sears who is handling the event’s public relations this year said this is the first year the Cummer Council has ever funded a specific exhibit...

Does this mean that the exhibition ran at a loss?

Cummer Museum turns Egyptian for a night, Caroline Gabsewics, The Jacksonville Financial News & Daily Record, Tennessee, USA, March 29, 2007.

Chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass opens on Wednesday 28/3/2007 the proceedings of the third forum on Islamic and Coptic antiquities at the SCA headquarters in Cairo.

Hawass will announce during the two-day gathering ancient finds discovered by missions in some sites in Qena, the Red Sea, Damietta and Sinai.

Archaeologist Hisham el-Leithi, the rapporteur of the forum, said 16 new researches will be shown on the excavation and restoration operations in Islamic and Coptic sites.

About 150 Egyptian and international archaeologists will attend the event during which 10 veteran Egyptian employees from the antiquities sector will be honoured.

Hawass announces new discoveries during third forum on antiquities, Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, March 28, 2007.