Temporary exhibition of the excavations of the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission in Dhraa Abu al-Naga

Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art:

- Temporary exhibition of the excavations of the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission in Dhraa Abu al-Naga

- 140 artifacts displayed for the first time

This evening, the Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art opened on the eastern bank of Luxor, a temporary archaeological exhibition that displays the findings of the Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission working in the Dra’ Abu al-Naga area on the west bank of Luxor, and it will continue for 6 months.

The opening was attended by Dr. Mustafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass, former Minister of Antiquities, Dr. Fathi Yassin, Director General of Upper Egypt Antiquities, Dr. Jose Manuel Galan, Director of the Spanish-Egyptian Mission from the Supreme Council for Scientific Research in Spain at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Far East, and Ambassador Albaro Iranzo, Ambassador of Spain to Egypt, and d. Eliosa de Elbino, President of the Supreme Council for Scientific Research in Spain.

Professor Moamen Othman, head of the museums sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the exhibition includes about 140 artifacts, which were shown for the first time, the most prominent of which is a group of coffins for nobles; Including a colored wooden coffin dating back to the early 12th Dynasty, another with a cover decorated with feathers dating back to the 17th Dynasty, and a coffin containing the mummy of a 15-year-old girl, and on her chest a set of necklaces, rings and earrings, dating back to the 17th Dynasty, and another coffin for a 5-year-old child. 17 years of family.

The exhibition also contains a collection of clay ritual vessels, pottery vessels, archery and arrow tools, three limestone panels dating back to the Second Intermediate Period, and a linen cloth inscribed with red ink dating back to the 18th Dynasty.

Dr. Alaa Al-Minshawi, Director General of the Museum, added that the pieces also include a bronze “Osiris” statue from the Ptolemaic era, animal mummies, including a falcon mummy with a funerary mask made of cardboard, an ibis bird, snakes, and a mouse-like fly dating back to the Ptolemaic era. The artifacts in the exhibition include a number of golden earrings, part of a belt with shells made of gold, turquoise and agate, from the era of Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty, and golden pendants that were used as a necklace, which is an amulet, dating back to the 28th Dynasty, and a necklace made of palm tree fibers. It belongs to the 17th family.

For his part, Dr. Jose Galan, head of the mission, indicated that the exhibition includes sketches of decorative shapes for the wall of one of the tombs, dating back to the early 18th Dynasty, pottery remnants that are part of a funeral procession, a game of cents dating back to the early 8th Dynasty, and a wooden board that was used in the school. For teaching drawing and writing, it dates back to the 18th Dynasty. Two models of coffins, one of which is stone made of clay, and the other decorated with wood, go back to the 17th and early 18th Dynasties, and two other models of two clay coffins. Inside them are two wooden coffins wrapped in linen for a man called “Di”, from the 17th and early 18th dynasties.