About Edouard Louis Joseph Empain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Empain



And about Heliopolis
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/baronspalace.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2201662/Baron-Empain-Palace-A-Belgian-millionaire-Egyptian-palace-shrouded-superstition.html


And original photographs
http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/History/Heliopolis.html


And perhaps it will be restored if you can believe the Egyptian embassador in Belgium
http://www.rtbf.be/culture/arts/detail_une-lueur-d-espoir-pour-le-palais-empain-d-heliopolis?id=9049329

And a documentary about Heliopolis with an interview with Baron Empain (sadly only in French)





And as an addendum: the story of the kidnapping of Baron Empain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain


Kind regards, Paul.