Celebrating the museum of the museums anniversary with a 21th centurytouch

The Egyptian museum in Cairo celebrates 114th anniversary of its opening for the first time in 1902 on 15th of November.

The celebration organised by the Ministry of Antiquities will be held on Thursday 17th of November 2016 at 6pm (Cairo Local Time)

Dr. Khalid El-Anany, minister of antiquities, is expected to announce on this occasion the opening of the Egyptian museum in Cairo for visitors twice a week in the evenings every Sunday and Thursday.

The bold move was decided on a few months ago and developed from an idea into a reality after spending 2 million Egyptian pounds on the new lighting system indoors and outdoors which was funded by the ministry of tourism and executed by the projects department in the ministry of antiquities directed by Eng. Waad Abo El-Ela.

Also on the same evening, Dr. Khalid El-Anany will cut the ribbon for an exhibition of the finds of the late Egyptian archaeologists Dr. Selim Hassan. The exhibition features 9 objects as well as photographs, plans and notes documented his excavations. There will be also a hologram show of some of the objects discovered by him beside a virtual reality show of his excavations in Unas pyramid in Sakkara. 

Luxor Times will be there and will try to broadcast live stream of the event "if Internet signal permitted" Stay tuned!

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French archaeologists unearth two Old Kingdom tombs

Minister of Antiquities announced today the discovery of two 6th Dynasty (Old Kingdom) tombs at the site of Tabit El-Geish, south of Sakkara.

The two tombs belong to priests who were contemporary to the reign of Pepi II (2240-2150 B.C). The tombs were discovered by the mission of the IFAO (Institut Français d’archéologie Orientale) directed by Dr. Vassil Dobrev.

The first tomb of a priest called "Ankhti" where the burial chambers was found in a shaft 12 meters deep and the second tomb belongs to a priest called "Sabi" where the burial chamber was found in a shaft 6 meters deep. In both tombs there are offering scenes.

 (Above: Ankhti tomb)

In the burial chambers of both tombs, human remains and skeletons of the tombs owners were found scattered around which could indicate that the tombs were robbed and vandalised during the 7th or 8th Dynasty.

There were alabaster jars found as well as coloured limestone offerings samples with pottery.

Dr. Vassil Dobrev, director of the mission, said that the upper part of the tombs were built with mud brick and the burial chambers were cut into the white limestone bedrock.

Both tombs have scenes of offerings lists and The seven sacred oils are those used in the Opening of the Mouth Ritual.

(Above: Photos of Sabo tomb. All photos are courtesy of MOA)

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