Statue of a "brewer" in ancient Egypt at the Tahrir Museum

egypt Wed, Jan. 4, 2023
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, one of the largest international museums, displays a large number of artifacts that exceed 50,000 pieces, in front of visitors.

The statue dates back to the era of the Old Kingdom, and it is made of colored limestone. It is now displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir.

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is located in the heart of Cairo, and it includes the largest collection of antiquities of ancient Egypt, as it contains more than 136,000 Pharaonic artifacts, in addition to hundreds of thousands of antiquities in its stores.

As for its holdings, the Egyptian Museum consists of two floors, the ground floor of which is devoted to heavy antiquities such as stone coffins, statues, paintings and wall inscriptions, while the upper one is devoted to light antiquities such as manuscripts, statues of gods, royal mummies, antiquities of daily life, pictures of mummies, unfinished sculptures, statues and utensils of the Greco-Roman era, and antiquities. Concerning other life beliefs”, as well as complete collections such as the “Tutankhamun Collection”.

The museum also includes a huge number of Egyptian antiquities from prehistoric times until the end of the Pharaonic era, in addition to some Greek and Roman antiquities, including “a group of pottery vessels (from prehistoric times), Narmer Salat (the era of monotheism), the statue of Khasekhem (the family). 2), the statue of Djoser (3rd family), the statues of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure (4th family), the statue of Kafer and the servant statues (5th family), the dwarf statue of Seneb (6th family), the statue of Mentuhotep Nebhepetre (11th family), and the statues of Amenemhat I and II The third (12th dynasty), the Elka statue of King Hor (13th dynasty), statues of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (18th dynasty), the Tutankhamun group (18th dynasty), the Tanis treasures collection, and a large group of mummies from different eras.
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