Exhibition to mark the opening of the New Suez Canal will
take place at the Egyptian Museum
By Nevine El-Aref , Tuesday 28 Jul 2015
On Sunday, Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty is to
open the "Discoveries of Egypt's eastern gate," an exhibition at the Egyptian Museum, as part
of the ministry's celebration of the opening of the New Suez Canal.
The exhibition, Eldamaty pointed out, is to highlight the
history of the area around the Suez Canal and its military importance since the
ancient era until modern times.
He went on saying that the exhibition is to put on display a
collection of artefacts that have been unearthed at ten archaeological sites
located on the eastern and western banks of the Suez Canal, including Pelusium, Tel Habuwa, Tel Abu
Seifi, Tel Kedwa and Tel Al-Heir. Photos showing excavation works in these
sites are to be also exhibited.
Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, General Coordinator for the
development of archaeological sites around the New Suez Canal, told Ahram
Online that the exhibition is one of three temporary exhibitions
established in Ismailia Suez Museums.
He explained that the exhibition displays the most important
discoveries carried out by foreign and Egyptian excavation missions in the
sites surrounding the Suez Canal, including a limestone painted relief
depicting the different titles of King Ramses II, a stone block depicting King
Tuthmosis II before the god Montu, the lord of Thebes, as well as a stelae from
the reign of King Ramses I before the god Set of Avaris town. A collection of
engraved lintels are also on display as well as photos showing the New Kingdom
military fortresses uncovered in situ, royal palaces from Tuthmosis III and
Ramses II's reigns as well as remains of a 26th dynasty temple. A storage
cellos, and an industrial zone were also uncovered in Tel Dafna on the Suez
Canal's western bank and a Roman structure in Pelusium.
Abdel-Maqsoud announced that for the first time since its
discovery, the relief of King Ibres discovered at Tel Dafna in Al-Ismailia is
to be exhibited. The relief dates to the 26th dynasty and is carved in
sandstone. It shows one of the military expedition launched by Ibres across
Egypt's borders through Sinai and Horus Military Road. This stelae was
discovered by the army during the 2011 revolution.
Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/44/136426/Heritage/Museums/New-Suez-Canal-exhibition-at-Egyptian-Museum.aspx
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