MADRID – The exhibition ‘120 Years of Spanish Archaeology in Egypt’ at the Cairo Museum is celebrating Spanish real-life Indiana Joneses to highlight their contribution to the research on ancient Egyptian history covering over a century of excavations. The inauguration took place Monday in the presence of the Egyptian secretary of antiquities and eminent Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, along with that of the Spanish Culture Minister, Cesar Antonio Molina, of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain. The exhibition, until June 6, gathers 137 greatly valued pieces, of which at least one cannot be forgotten: the enormous statue of Khamarernebty, daughter of Keope, which recalls the campaign of excavations, pioneering in their time, carried out by Count Vicente of Galarza in Giza in 1907.
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The exhibition ‘120 Years of Spanish Excavation in Egypt’, which is being held in 44 rooms in the Cairo Museum, was organised by the institution itself, the Spanish Cultural Ministry, the Cervantes Institute, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation.
via ANSAmed.
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