The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is currently preparing the holdings of the exhibition "Ramses and Gold of the Pharaohs", where the pieces designated for the exhibition, scheduled to be launched next November, will be on a trip to 4 international cities, after Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, signed During the past few days, with Joel Partich, Director and CEO of the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences in the United States of America, the protocol for holding the temporary archaeological exhibition.
The exhibition includes 181 artifacts, highlighting some of the distinctive characteristics of the ancient Egyptian civilization, especially in the medieval and modern eras until the late era, through a group of statues, ornaments, cosmetics, paintings, stone blocks decorated with inscriptions, and statues of some deities in the form of birds and animals, in addition to some wooden coffins. colorful.
The exhibition’s holdings are displayed in two cities in the United States of America, then Paris in France and Sydney in Australia, and the exhibition venues for the exhibition’s holdings include 3 locations in the United States of America: “The Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, in Houston, Texas, the De Young Museum, in San Francisco, California, and Castle Hall, In Boston, Massachusetts, the exhibition’s holdings are also displayed in the London Exhibition Hall in London, United Kingdom, and La Villette Hall in Paris, France.
Dr. Mostafa Waziri explained that the protocol includes all the items related to securing antiquities in accordance with the regulations for holding temporary foreign archaeological exhibitions, expressing his full confidence that the exhibition will come out in an optimal manner to ensure the promotion of the Egyptian tourist destination.
It should be noted that the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities visited the United States of America last August to inspect the hall in which the exhibition will be held in Houston, which has an area of three thousand square meters, in order to follow up on all the equipment related to the exhibition, including display panels, induction and indicative panels, and insurance and precautionary measures. applicable.
Tue, Oct. 5, 2021
