In Support of Christian Greco, Director of the Museo Egizio, following Recent Political Attacks by the Italian Far Right

Very good for you, Christian. Keep up the good work.

Always have been a big admiror of Greco’s work and dedication!

I support Christian Greco and his innovative initiatives for the Museo Egizio in Turin

Solidarietà essenziale!

Since Christian Greco is director, the Museo Egizio has done wonders to make its fabulous collection better available to academics and the public, making a positive impact locally and globally. The initiative to engage Arab-speakers is to be applauded and may serve as an inspiration to other museums. This is a prime example of how antiquities can bring together people from different backgrounds. Of course this will incite protests from ignorants who want to divide and exclude, and I hope that voters in Turin will not fall for such cheap tricks – the issue goes beyond local politics.

Solidarietà per Christian Greco

Keep up the good work Christian, we support you and the Museo Egizio!

Bravo Museo Egizio and Dr Christian Greco! Increasing accessibility to the past and thereby widening its interpretations and uses is vital work, especially in the context of a field that has spent so many centuries erasing present-day Egyptians from their own heritage.

It's the 21st century - time these archaic anti democratic Neo-nazi parties were banned and their leaders jailed. They are playing with fire, threatening an Egyptologist - our field has massive international support and millions of people will turn on anyone who threatens us!

Museums are cultural institutions and must not be misused by political parties.

Culture should never be a toy of political factions. Bravo for the Museo Egizio!

Museums are not just displays of 'old stuff', but they have a key role in our society. They preserve our identity and they should promote cohesion and integration.

La democrazia passa dalla cultura

La democrazia passa dalla cultura

La democrazia passa dalla cultura

When over 20 years ago, on a quiet afternoon, an unpretentious Italian student asked me permission to follow my classes on ancient Egyptian material culture in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, the Netherlands, no one in the whole world could have predicted that the future director of the Museo Egizio in Turin was standing in front of me. Christian Greco turned out to be my most brilliant and gifted student ever. What makes him a unique person is the combination of his exceptional intellectual qualities with a most sincere empathy for whatever culture as an expression of human dignity, irrespective of age or background etc. of its members. These talents make him a most gifted and great builder of bridges (pontifex maximus, to use an old Roman term for one of the highest relegious functionaries), stimulating human solidarity, which is the basic ingrediënt for peace. In this light the miracle - no understatement - has to be bviewed and appreciated that Greco and his collaborators (!) have realised since 2014. Therefore, shame on Lega |Nord and Fratelli d'Italia, who are actually destroying , instead of constructing, the conditions for a harmonious, and peaceful multi-faceted (Italian) society.

When over 20 years ago, on a quiet afternoon, an unpretentious Italian student asked me permission to follow my classes on ancient Egyptian material culture in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, the Netherlands, no one in the whole world could have predicted that the future director of the Museo Egizio in Turin was standing in front of me. Christian Greco turned out to be my most brilliant and gifted student ever. What makes him a unique person is the combination of his exceptional intellectual qualities with a most sincere empathy for whatever culture as an expression of human dignity, irrespective of age or background etc. of its members. These talents make him a most gifted and great builder of bridges (pontifex maximus, to use an old Roman term for one of the highest relegious functionaries), stimulating human solidarity, which is the basic ingrediënt for peace. In this light the miracle - no understatement - has to be bviewed and appreciated that Greco and his collaborators (!) have realised since 2014. Therefore, shame on Lega |Nord and Fratelli d'Italia, who are actually destroying , instead of constructing, the conditions for a harmonious, and peaceful multi-faceted (Italian) society.

Bravo. Stay strong.

Christian Greco e' un ottimo direttore, colto, scientificamente preparato, attivo nella comunità torinese, italiana e mondiale a comunicare il valore e le caratteristiche della civiltà egizia, i rapporti fra quella e le altre civiltà antiche e quanto di quella cultura abbia inciso nella costruzione del mondo odierno. Voler aiutare oggi il mondo musulmano a capire che la storia dell'antico Egitto fa parte della storia di quei popoli (che non la imparano a scuola) non solo non e' un atto "partitico", ma è un atto di grande civiltà, "politico" nel senso più alto del termine, perché la conoscenza e la cultura sono i fondamenti della pace e della fratellanza fra i popoli. Un plauso, quindi, al giovane e appassionato direttore. Liliana Pittarello

Bravo direttore! Come dice Crozza: È già tanto che li facciamo pagare per vedere roba che gli appartiene...