The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities checks on the gold of the Pharaohs at the Ramses Gallery in Germany
A few weeks before the end of his trip in Cologne, Germany, and the beginning of the work of wrapping and transporting it to its next stop in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, inspected the “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” exhibition."
During the tour, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities met with many visitors who came from all German cities to visit the exhibition, expressing their appreciation for Their admiration for the exhibition and the artifacts it contains that tell the history of ancient Egyptian civilization, stressing that what they saw of the masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art and the distinctive artifacts in the exhibition increased their desire to Traveling to Egypt to see the tombs and temples from which these treasures came.
He also held a series of media meetings with a number of German media outlets, during which he called on the German people to visit the exhibition before the end of the exhibition. His trip to Germany, noting that the exhibition is Egypt’s gift to the German people during the Christmas and New Year holidays, and a great opportunity for German families to get a deeper understanding of the ancient Egyptian civilization, describing the exhibition as a means of tourism promotion. For the cultural tourism product and attracting more German tourists to visit Egypt and learn about its unique archaeological treasures.
Dr. Muhammad Ismail Khaled also expressed his happiness with the great success achieved by the exhibition in the city of Cologne. It has received more than 150,000 visitors so far since its opening in mid-July, appreciating the efforts made to make this exhibition a success in terms of organization, display scenario, and visiting itineraries. In addition to the passion of the German people for ancient Egyptian civilization.
It should be noted that the Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition includes about 180 artifacts It was selected from the collections of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir from the era of King Ramesses II. In addition to the coffin of King Ramses II from the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization and some other artifacts from the discoveries of the Egyptian mission in the Bubastiyun area in Saqqara, and the holdings of a number of other Egyptian museums highlight some of the distinctive characteristics of ancient Egyptian civilization from the era of the Middle Kingdom until the late era, through a group of statues, And jewelry, cosmetics, paintings, and stone blocks decorated with carvings, in addition to some wooden coffins
The exhibition began its journey with its first stop in November 2021 in Houston, then its second stop in August 2022 in San Francisco, USA, then its third stop in April 2023. In the French capital, Paris, it will then move to the Sydney Museum in Australia in November 2023, then to the city of Cologne in Minaya last July, and is scheduled to be completed there in early next January.
