Mysterious ancient Egypt will be in Shanghai

Unveil the veil to the audience:

Tutankhamun, Amennemkhet III

and statues of pharaohs such as Ramses II

Complete set of mummy coffins, etc.

Will be unveiled at the Shanghai Museum this year

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On February 25, 2024 local time in Egypt, Chu Xiaobo, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Shanghai City Culture and Tourism Bureau and Director of the Shanghai Museum, and Mustafa Wozri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Cultural Relics of Egypt, held a signing ceremony in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The signing ceremony was held for the 2024 Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition.

It is reported that this exhibition is the first time in history

The largest in the world and the highest level in Asia

Outbound exhibition of ancient Egyptian cultural relics

It is also the first time since the Shanghai Museum was established in 1952

The largest special exhibition

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Contains 787 cultural relics

Launched on July 19 this year

After a year-long exchange and consultation, the Supreme Council of Cultural Relics of Egypt and the Shanghai Museum decided that ** will jointly hold the "Top of the Pyramid" at the People's Square building of the Shanghai Museum from July 19, 2024 to August 17, 2025.:Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Civilization "will last for more than one year. **

Mustafa Wozri introduced that the exhibition includes 787 cultural relics from different periods of ancient Egyptian civilization, selected from the National Museum of Egypt, the Manyar Palace Museum, the Luxor Museum, the Ismailia Museum, and the Suez Museum. In addition, the latest excavation results made by a group of Egyptian archaeological teams in the Sakara area will also be presented in the exhibition.

埃及最高文物委员会博物馆处负责人莫阿门·默罕默德·奥斯曼透露，此次展览中的重磅展品包括图坦卡蒙、阿蒙涅姆赫特三世以及拉美西斯二世等法老雕像，成套木乃伊棺，女王金饰以及萨卡拉地区新发现的彩绘木棺、动物木乃伊和雕像等。 It is reported that more than 95% of the cultural relics in this exhibition have come to Asia for the first time.

The exhibition will be passed through

"Kingdom of the Pharaohs"

"The Secret of Saqara"

"Tutankhamun's World"

Three topics carry out independent narratives

from different angles

Let the audience understand the charm of ancient Egyptian civilization

***"The Kingdom of the Pharaohs"** will tell a condensed general history of ancient Egyptian civilization, and will select a number of ancient Chinese cultural relics for comparison and display to show the diversity and commonality of human civilization.

***"The Secrets of Saqara"** focuses on the world's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2020, the painted wooden coffins, animal mummies and cat temple ruins unearthed in Saqara. It will systematically announce for the first time the Egyptian archaeological team's work in the area for more than ten years. Major discoveries made by the region's independent archaeology are the world's first exhibition to reveal the secrets of Saqara.

***"Tutankhamun's World"** uses Pharaoh Tutankhamun as a clue to explore the social changes and beliefs changes in his era.

Sakala archaeological site.

At that time, the Shanghai Museum will open three exhibition halls on the first floor of the People's Square Pavilion for the renovation of the exhibition. In the exhibition space with a total area of 3000 square meters, it will create an immersive exhibition experience for the audience through exhibition narrative, cultural relics display and digital technology.

Get to know some of the wonderful exhibits first

Statue of Amenhotep IV

18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BC)

sandstone

National Museum of Egypt

Statue of Tutankhamun

18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BC)

quartzite

National Museum of Egypt

Female head, probably Nefertiti

18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BC)

quartzite

National Museum of Egypt

Queen Akhotep's bracelet

18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BC)

Gold, red carnelian, lapis lazuli, feldspar

National Museum of Egypt

Gold collar containing lapis lazuli and blue lead glass beads

21st Dynasty (1069-945 BC)

Gold, lapis lazuli, lead glass

National Museum of Egypt

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Painted humanoid wooden coffin

Late Egypt (664-332 BC)

Unearthed in Sakara

Portrait of a mummy

Ptolemaic Egyptian Period (332-30 BC)

Primer coating, wax color, gold

National Museum of Egypt