SHANGHAI, July 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report
from english.shanghai.gov.cn:
The exhibition On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of
Ancient Egypt opened to the public at the Shanghai Museum on
July 19, marking a significant
milestone in cultural exchange between China and Egypt.
This showcase, which runs for the next 13 months, is the first
exhibition of ancient Egyptian art curated by Chinese scholars and
researchers.
Hailed as the largest exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts
ever held outside their native country, the exhibition represents a
pioneering collaboration between an official Chinese museum and the
Egyptian government, said Chu Xiaobo, director of the Shanghai
Museum, at the opening ceremony on July
17.
"This is the largest exhibition that ever traveled from
Egypt to come here to China. We value our relationship with
China, especially with the
Shanghai Museum," said Mohamed Ismail
Khaled, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The exhibition encompasses 492 sets of more than 780 selected
artifacts from different periods of ancient Egyptian civilization,
sourced from seven renowned Egyptian museums and including the
latest archaeological discoveries. Remarkably, over 95 percent of these artifacts made
their debut in Asia.
"The most meaningful aspect of this exhibition is that our team
curated the theme and artifacts based on research by our Chinese
scholars into ancient Egyptian civilization, and we selected all
788 objects featured ourselves," said Li
Feng, deputy director of the Shanghai Museum.
To provide a fitting showcase for this special exhibition, the
Shanghai Museum has renovated and repurposed three exhibition halls
to create a total exhibition space of 3,000 square meters. Through
the display area, visitors can embark on a journey through three
independent narratives: The Land of the Pharaohs, The Secrets of
Saqqara, and The Age of Tutankhamun.
Zhong Xiaomin, an official from the Shanghai Municipal
Administration of Culture and Tourism, said the exhibition
illustrates the continuous expansion of cultural exchanges and
cooperation between China and
Egypt, celebrating the 10th
anniversary of the comprehensive strategic partnership and the
China-Egypt Partnership Year.
"We believe that this pioneering exhibition about ancient
Egyptian civilization will vividly enact a dialogue across time
between two ancient civilizations and will serve as an exemplary
instance of exchanges and mutual learning among world
civilizations," said Zhong.
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