The
month-long exhibition, which marks the centenary of French excavations at Deir
Al-Medina, opens on Thursday night. Written By/ Nevine El-Aref.
The
Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square opens a temporary exhibition on Thursday night
focused on the artisans of Luxor's Deir Al-Medina archaeological site.
Titled
“The Artisans of the Pharaohs through their Artworks”, the month-long show also
marks the centenary of French archaeological research, excavation and
restoration at the site.
On show
for the first time will be a collection of 52 artefacts discovered by the
French mission at Deir Al-Medina, along with documents and photos from the
archive of the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (IFAO), Elham Salah,
head of the museums sector at the Ministry of Antiquities, told Ahram Online.
The
artifacts, she explains, reflect the daily life, the faith and the funerary
rituals of the Deir Al-Medina artisans. Among the most important objects are a
statue of Sanejem, lintels of kings Amenhotep I and II, as well as a painted
limestone ostraca.
