Learn about the selected artifacts To be the distinctive pieces for the month of December in antiquities museums across the republic.
As part of the monthly tradition of antiquities museums across the republic, to highlight their distinctive pieces through a public referendum through their pages on the social networking sites Facebook, the special pieces for the month were chosen. December to be displayed in a special place in each museum.
This tradition comes within the framework of the role of museums as cultural, civilizational and educational institutions that work to raise tourism and archaeological awareness among all categories. Society.
This month, the public selected a group of artifacts that highlight The interest of Egyptian civilization throughout the ages in science, knowledge and culture, in celebration of The flag corresponding to December 21 of each year, which was chosen in conjunction with The opening of Cairo University on the same day in 1908.
The selected artifacts highlight the wonderful record left by the ancient Egyptians in the field of human civilization in all its forms. The ancient Egyptian sanctified those with knowledge, thought, and knowledge. Culture is based on faith and certainty, and they raise their status in their earthly and eternal lives.
• Museum of Islamic Art in Bab al-Khalq:
Displays a copper compass in the name of Shah Abbas al-Safavi, dating back to the 17th century AD.
• The Coptic Museum in Ancient Egypt: displays a wooden board used to teach writing, bearing writings and numbers in the Coptic language.
• Gayer Anderson Museum in Sayyida Zeinab:
Displays ink pens made of metal and shaped like a fish.
• Muhammad Ali Palace Museum in Manial:
Displays three inkwells And a Chinese sandbox decorated with flowers, leaves, and plant branches, and a panel underneath the body. Each of them has a lid and a handle on a tray decorated with inkwell decorations.
• The Police Museum in the Citadel:
It displays a round glass cymbal containing writings in Kufic script, from the Abbasid era, made of transparent green glass. It is a tool used to verify the weight of coins that were circulating in the markets, and it is sealed with a ring. From the state to indicate that it is officially approved.
• The Royal Vehicles Museum in Bulaq:
Displays a colorful enamel portrait of Princess Fatima Ismail. She is credited with establishing Cairo University, as she donated a large portion of her jewelry and lands to establish the university.
• Farouk Corner Museum in Helwan:
Displays a table made of wood inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl, with a view of the Zodiac.
• Imhotep Museum in Saqqara:
It displays a statue of the writer Ptahshepses, made of colored limestone in the form of a reader. He held several titles, including judge, inspector of record keepers, and inspector of priests of the god.
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• Cairo International Airport Museum, Terminal 2:
Displays a bronze statue of the god of wisdom, writing, and medicine “Jahuti”.
• Cairo International Airport Museum, Terminal 3:
Displays a colored limestone statue of the writer Bar-Sin, supervisor of the royal records and the royal cemetery By King Khufu, from the Old Kingdom.
• The Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria: It displays a marble statue from the Roman era, which is considered one of the last Roman sculptures from Egypt. It depicts an intellectual wearing the Greek cloak (hemation), a symbol of Greek culture.
• Alexandria National Museum:
Displays the first-class Order of Knowledge, which is a five-pointed star made of gold, and between each end and the other is an olive branch covered with oil enamel. Between them is a crescent with three silver stars, and the edges of the star are engraved in relief in the shape of a flower. The lotus is covered with blue, white and red enamel, and the star is a gold shambar in the middle, with a piece of gold written on it inside Knowledge.
• The Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria:
Displays a silver and lapis lazuli desk set from the Muhammad Ali family’s collection.
• Ismailia Museum: Displays a sundial from the Greek era, which is one of the oldest time measuring tools in history It relies entirely on sunlight to determine time.
• Suez National Museum:
It displays a painting of a writer called “Ikaw”. In the upper part there are two circles of ink, the first with traces of black and the second with traces of red. In the middle of the painting is a cavity to place brushes used in writing. At the end of the painting is the cartouche of King Pepi I.
• Tell Basta Museum in Zagazig:
Displays one of the "pencil case" Of marble, two cavities were made for the colors that were used in writing.
• Malawi Museum in Minya:
It displays a statue made from the Greco-Roman era of a baboon sitting on a wooden base and wearing a bronze crown.
• Mummification Museum in Luxor:
Displays the mummy of an ibis bird wrapped in linen, a symbol of the deity “Thoth.” My dream is scribes.
• Matrouh National Museum: displays a collection of glass bottles that were used in scientific experiments
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• Tanta National Museum:
Displays a bronze statue of the engineer “Imhotep” Sitting on a bench, holding a scroll of papyrus in his hand, with hieroglyphic writing on the front.
• Luxor Museum of Modern Egyptian Art: It displays a black granite statue depicting Mentuhotep in the form of a scribe sitting cross-legged, preparing to write, with a scroll of papyrus spread between his hands, and an inkwell on his left thigh.
• Sohag National Museum:
The museum displays a group of Abydos ivory cards from the early dynastic era, each with a perforated hole in one of its edges, and some of them have black marks representing engravings of birds, animals, and various signs. These signs are considered the first letters of the alphabet. In the world and the first ancient Egyptian writing.
• New Valley Museum:
Displays a wooden tablet for teaching, on which are written verses from the Holy Qur’an from the Ottoman era.
• Kafr El-Sheikh Museum: It displays a bronze statue of Imhotep sitting with his hands resting on his legs and holding a scroll of papyrus. Of bronze and limestone.
• Hurghada Museum: Displays a red granite statue from the Old Kingdom of the Egyptian writer Ra Hotep, who was Supervising the Royal Secretaries of Administration.
