Marcus Simaika
Marcus Simaika Pascha (also Murqus Simaykah , * 1864 ; † October 2, 1944 ) was an Egyptian official and founder of the Coptic Museum in Cairo .
Marcus Simaika, from a Christian Coptic family, worked as a civil servant a. a. for the Egyptian state railways . From 1906 he was a member and later chairman of the Committee for the Preservation of Arab Monuments, to which he also added the Coptic churches. In 1908 he founded the Coptic Museum and was its first director until his death, even after the museum was taken over by the Egyptian state in 1931.
He was Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London .
Publications (selection)
- Catalog of the Coptic and Arabic manuscripts in the Coptic museum, the Patriarchate, the principal churches of Cairo and Alexandria and the monasteries of Egypt . Cairo 1939–1942.
literature
- Samir Mahfouz Simaika: Marcus Pasha Simaika. Founder of the Coptic Museum, his life and times . Farid Atiya Press, Cairo 2011, ISBN 977-17-9973-8 .
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , p. 512.
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| SURNAME | Simaika, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simaika, Marcus Hana (full name); Simaykah, Murqus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian official and founder of the Coptic Museum, Coptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1864 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1944 |