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Next Tuesday... The opening of the Zaffran Palace Museum at Ain Shams University

2023-05-06
Ain Shams University
Next Tuesday... The opening of the Zaffran Palace Museum at Ain Shams University

Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, declared that the Zaffran Palace Museum at Ain Shams University will be opened next Tuesday, corresponding to May 9, explaining that the Zaffran Palace must have the heritage status it deserves and that it be presented to its visitors in the form of a heritage museum known as the reality of the palace, and even have an educational museum. For the university’s students, faculty staff, workers, and other visitors to Ain Shams University, indicating that the basement of the palace was chosen to be a museum to display real artifacts as part of the university’s educational role while linking the museum to the Zaffran Palace and its story, where a distinguished work team developed a vision for the museum According to the latest museum display methods, with a distinguished collection of antiquities.

Prof. Mamdouh El-Damaty, Professor of Egyptology, former Minister of Antiquities, and former Dean of the Faculty of Archeology, explained that the museum includes a distinguished collection of exhibits, including the facade of the palace gate of Prince Neb Maat-Ra, son of King Ramses IX (1125-1107 BC), and he held the position of High Priest of the Sun (Wor Mao). At the Temple of Ra in Iono.

The statue of Imhotep is made of bronze, and the base is made of alabaster. It dates back to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty - the Sawi age.

A human coffin made of wood with religious scenes to protect the deceased, dating back to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty - the Sawi age.

A collection of ceramics, made by Ghibi al-Turizi, the leading potter at the time of the Mamluks, AH 8th / AD 14th century.

A collection of medals, and commemorative medals of the Kingdom of Egypt, the age of the Muhammad Ali family, 1314 AH / 1920 AD, in addition to a collection of university holdings.