Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass inaugurated an exhibition of Pharoah boy King Tutankhamun’s replicas in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, on Wednesday. The exhibition contains 1,000 replicas of the treasures of King Tutankhamun. Hawass gave a lecture on recent archaeological discoveries in …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online Few months after receiving the fourth and third shrines of Tutankhamun, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) received the second shrine and placed it in its permanent location at the young king’s gallery on Monday. “The process of disassembling and reassembling the shrine took four hours …
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Egypt Today The United Nations Headquarters in Vienna witnessed a handover ceremony of a replica of Tutankhamun’s mask, a gift from Egypt. Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director of the Organization’s Office in Vienna, Ghada Wali, expressed her “great pride that a symbol of ancient Egyptian civilisation joined the …
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Mohamed Raouf Badran* This is Hussein Abdel-Rassoul. He was a water boy who helped Howard Carter and his team by running back and forth with pales of water to keep the members well quenched and hydrated. They were looking for the tomb of Tutankhamun. While he was moving about the …
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Nevine al-Aref – Ahram Online In celebration of the ‘International Women’s Day’, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is displaying the statue of King Tutankhamun’s wet nurse Maia as its ‘March piece’. The statue is displayed in the foyer of the museum. It depicts the wet-nurse in a semi-squatting position, supporting …
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Egypt Independent Luxor governorate is preparing to celebrate the 98th anniversary of the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb on 4 November. The celebrations will include the inauguration of several new archaeological projects, art exhibitions and folkloric performances. Egyptology researcher Francis Amin said that Tutankhamun’s treasure collection is among the most …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Around 20 items, from the ‘Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh’ exhibition’s 166 pieces, will be displayed at Hurghada Museum and Sharm El-Sheikh Museum. The exhibition has been touring abroad for the past two years. Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the …
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Nevine El-Aref – Ahram Online Some 200 people gathered at the open court of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday to create a replica of the ancient Egyptian’s iconic boy king using coffee cups. A total of 7,260 neatly-layered cups, covering 60 square metres, were used in making the …
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Egyptianstreets Famed international exhibition “Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Pharaoh” is set to be inaugurated in London’s Saatchi gallery on November 1. Over 150 prized possessions of the dynasty 18 ancient pharaoh will be displayed from November 2 to May 3, as per the exhibition’s official website. Formerly, the interim exhibition …
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Mustafa Marie –Egypt Today Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawas inaugurated the Museum of Archaeological Models of King Tutankhamun in Curitiba, Brazil. The museum contains archaeological models purchased from the workshops of the Ministry of Antiquities that reflect the story of the golden pharaoh Tutankhamun. Hawas supervised the establishment of the …
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