The Imhotep Museum is an Egyptian archaeological museum located at the foot of the Sakkar necropolis , near Memphis in Lower Egypt . The museum is named after the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep .
| Imhotep Museum | |
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| Established | 1997 |
| opening date | 2006 |
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| Address | Saccara |
Content
- 1 History of the museum
- 2 exhibits
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Museum History
On April 26, 2006, the museum was inaugurated by Suzanne Mubarak and Bernadette Chirac . The museum owes its name to the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep, who is considered the first builder of monumental structures (the step pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara) in Egypt.
The museum was built as part of the strategic program of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and is equipped with the latest equipment for the storage and protection of archaeological objects.
The project of the museum in Saqqara was conceived back in 1990, but construction began only in 1997, when they decided on a place on the plateau to fit the architectural object into the natural landscape [1] . The construction was completed in 2003.
Exhibits
The museum has 5 exhibition halls for antiquities from Saqqara, painted sarcophagi of the Ptolemaic era, a twin statue of the priest Mut Amenemopet and his wife ( XIX dynasty ; found in the pharaoh Unis complex).
- In the center of the main hall stands a seated statue of Pharaoh Joser . The tiles of green-blue faience from the inner walls of the Dzauzer burial chamber attracts attention. This decor element has been completely restored and is the pearl of the museum [2] .
- The second room shows archaeological finds from Saqqara and is called the “Tombs of Saqqara”. Also presented here is a relief depicting the starving Bedouins as a representation of difficult years.
- The third room, “Styles of Saqqara,” is dedicated to Egyptian art and presents stone vases of the early Dynastic period, as well as vessels from the Djoser pyramid, statues and steles made of stone and wood, ancient construction tools.
- In the fourth hall, architectural elements from a stepped pyramid are exhibited: columns, fragments of colored cladding of faience walls. A small statue of Imhotep is also exhibited here.
- The fifth hall presents funerary objects from the VI dynasty to the New Kingdom . Of particular interest are the surgical instruments of the therapist or physician Kara from his tomb, discovered by Zaha Hawass .
The gallery is dedicated to the French Egyptologist Jean-Philippe Lauer and includes his personal items, photographs taken while working on the plateau. Lauer began researching the Djoser burial complex in the 1920s and continued to work there until the end of his career (about 75 years) [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Antiquities of Egypt (May 2006). Date of treatment February 18, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Su. Imhotep Museum (English) // Egyptian Monuments. - 2009 .-- February 21.
Links
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