The
temporary exhibition in Astana is to include a number of artifacts selected
from the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. Written By/ Nevine El-Aref.
Under
the title, "Sultan Bebars and his reign," the Astana National Museum
in Kazakhstan is to host its first temporary exhibition from Egypt.
Elham
Salah, head of the museums sector of the Ministry of Antiquities, explained
that the exhibition includes a collection of 22 Islamic objects from the reign
of Mameluk Sultan Bebars that were carefully selected from the Museum of
Islamic Art in Cairo.
The
objects, Salah told Ahram Onine, include a copper food container gilded with
silver, a lion-shaped white marble sheet, a copper basin gilded with silver and
gold, a wooden holder of the Quran embellished with ivory and a collection of
silver and gold coins.
The
exhibition will last until August.
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