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    This newsletter provides information about recent activities and events at the Egyptian Museum. It discusses two temporary exhibitions hosted at the museum - one displaying Pre-Hispanic artifacts from Mexico and another celebrating 25 years of Egyptian-Australian cooperation in Egyptology. It also outlines upcoming exhibitions and events, including a performance by visually impaired students. The newsletter profiles the museum's sections and discusses recent work of curators to conserve and study artifacts in storage. It provides information on accessing the museum's original registry books for research purposes.

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    This newsletter provides information about recent activities and events at the Egyptian Museum. It discusses two temporary exhibitions hosted at the museum - one displaying Pre-Hispanic artifacts from Mexico and another celebrating 25 years of Egyptian-Australian cooperation in Egyptology. It also outlines upcoming exhibitions and events, including a performance by visually impaired students. The newsletter profiles the museum's sections and discusses recent work of curators to conserve and study artifacts in storage. It provides information on accessing the museum's original registry books for research purposes.

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    This newsletter provides information about recent activities and events at the Egyptian Museum. It discusses two temporary exhibitions hosted at the museum - one displaying Pre-Hispanic artifacts from Mexico and another celebrating 25 years of Egyptian-Australian cooperation in Egyptology. It also outlines upcoming exhibitions and events, including a performance by visually impaired students. The newsletter profiles the museum's sections and discusses recent work of curators to conserve and study artifacts in storage. It provides information on accessing the museum's original registry books for research purposes.

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    This newsletter provides information about recent activities and events at the Egyptian Museum. It discusses two temporary exhibitions hosted at the museum - one displaying Pre-Hispanic artifacts from Mexico and another celebrating 25 years of Egyptian-Australian cooperation in Egyptology. It also outlines upcoming exhibitions and events, including a performance by visually impaired students. The newsletter profiles the museum's sections and discusses recent work of curators to conserve and study artifacts in storage. It provides information on accessing the museum's original registry books for research purposes.

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    Inthisissue

    AWordfrom
    theDirector

    Curatorsin
    theMet

    Exhibitions

    Upcoming
    Events

    Egyptian
    Museum
    Sections

    I S S U E

    N U M B E R

    O N E

    J A N U A R Y - A P R I L

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    Egyptian
    Museum

    THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM NEWSLETTER

    Profileofthe
    Issue

    A Word from the Director


    TheEgyptianMuseumis
    oneoftheoldestmuseums
    intheworldandholdsthe
    largestandmostspectacu
    larcollectionofEgyptian
    Antiquities,whichmakesit
    uniqueinitsculturalrich
    ness.
    TheMuseumplaysacul
    tural,educationalandsci
    entificroleinEgyptology.
    Thisroleisreflectedinthe
    varietyofitsactivities.
    Muchoftheworkremains
    unknowntothepublic,
    whichhasledustoissue
    thisnewsletter.TheEgyp
    tianMuseumisgoing
    throughmanychanges,

    andmuchisdeveloping.

    community.

    Bymeansofthisnewslet
    terweaimtoinforminter
    estedpartiesofevents,
    presentdaytodayactivi
    ties,andhelpscholarsand
    studentsbygivingthem
    usefulinformationthat
    wouldassisttheirresearch.

    Wethereforewelcomeall
    feedback,andwehopeyou
    enjoyourhumbleattempt
    andfindituseful.

    Thisnewsletterisasmall
    steptowardsamorede
    velopedmuseum.
    Ourdebutissuewasput
    togetherinrecordtime,
    andwehopetocontinu
    ouslyimproveitandad
    dressissuesthatinterest
    thewiderEgyptological

    WafaaelSaddik
    Director

    Howto
    Accessthe
    Register
    Books?

    MakingA
    Graphic
    Change

    Egyptian Museum Curators at the Met


    EgyptianMuseumcuratorsGehanHas
    sanandTakwaSeliman,tookpartina
    fellowshipprogramattheMetropolitan
    MuseumofArtinNewYork.Theywere
    recommendedtojointhisprogrambyDr.
    WafaaelSeddik.Thethreemonthrigor
    ousprograminvolvedthecuratorswith
    theMetropolitansdailyactivities,and
    taughtthemmanyfacetsofbeingacura
    tor,fromdaytodaygalleryworktoexhi
    bitionpreparationandcurating.Their

    learningsessionsincludedconservation,
    labelwritingandprocessing,assisting
    scholars,dataentryandresearch,and
    alsoRegistrarwork.TakwaandGehan
    tooktheopportunitytovisitothermuse
    ums,wheretheywereabletoobserve
    differentaspectsofmuseology.Theyare
    bothexcitedtobebackattheEgyptian
    museum,andlookforwardtoimplement
    ingthenewskillstheyhaveacquired.

    Exhibitions

    MUSEUM
    EVENTS

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    Amidstabrightlycoloureddisplay,theEgyptianMuseumhosted,forthefirsttimeever,a collection of
    artefactsfromanotherculture.FiftyeightPreHispanicpiecesfromthe
    region of Oaxaca, Mexico were displayed from the 20th of January to
    the2ndofMarch2008intheMuseumstemporaryexhibitionhall.Enti
    tled Dressing like Gods, the exhibition displayed the richness of the
    preColombian world, focusing on attire and regalia through objects
    datingtobetweenthethirdandsixteenthcenturiesA.D.Itseemedthat
    forabriefmomentonewastransferredtoanothertimeandplace,far
    awayfromancientEgypt,whichstilllingeredinthebackground.
    ThisexhibitionwaspartofanexchangewithMexicoinwhichover100
    EgyptianantiquitiescoveringEgyptsancienthistoryweredisplayedinanexhibitioncalledIsisandthe
    FeatheredSerpentthatwasheldinMexico.
    Left:Anthropomorphicurnwithheaddress,courtesyof;Right:Exhibitiondisplays,courtesyofRCMD

    Corroborree,orGathering Togetherin theSpiritofCelebration,was


    thetitleofanothertemporaryexhibitioncelebrating25yearsofcoop
    eration between Egyptians and Australians in the field of Egyptology.
    Heldforonemonth,theexhibitionwasaccompaniedbyaonedaycon
    ference, where papers were given by academics and specialists in
    volvedwithAustralianprojectsinEgypt.
    Left:AnOldKingdomnaoswithMeriandBebtyfromtheChapelofMeriinSaqqara

    For two weeks from 24th


    March to 5th of April, the mu
    seum hosted another exhibi
    tion, this time not for antiqui
    ties. Marking the release of
    photographer Sarite Sanders
    book, The Eternal Light of
    Egypt,theAmericanUniversity
    Press, in cooperation with the
    Egyptian Museum, held an
    exhibition of black and white
    photographs of archaeological
    sites and artefacts from all
    overEgypt.

    Celebrating 50 years of Egyptian and Czech collaboration in Egyptian Archae


    ology,theCzechInstituteofEgyptology
    put on an exhibition at the Egyptian
    Museumfromthe7thofApriltothe7th
    ofMay.Artefactsondisplaywerefrom
    excavations of the Czech Institute in
    their longterm concession in Abu Sir,
    and their most recent project in el
    Hayez Oasis in the Western Desert
    where they have uncovered both pre
    historicandLateRomanremains.
    Photo:Dr.MiroslavVerner,DirectorofCzech
    InstituteofEgyptologyGuidingMr.VclavKlaus,presidentofCzechRepublicandthefirstlady,
    throughtheexhibition.PhotocourtesyofAhmedAmin

    Upcoming Events
    Aspecialexhibitionwillbeheldinroom44oftheEgyptianMuseum;
    fromMay19thtoJune30th.Fiftydocumentsbelongingtothearchae
    ologistVictorLoret,fromtheEgyptologicalArchivesoftheUniversityof
    Milan,willbedisplayed.Thedocumentsincludehisexcavationjournals,
    notes,photographs,sketchesandmaps.Inaddition,twentyobjects
    fromtheEgyptianMuseumscollectionfromLoretsexcavationsin
    SaqqaraandtheValleyoftheKings,willalsobedisplayed.

    TheEgyptianMuseumisorganisingaplayattheCairoOperaHouseonMay12that
    7:00pm.VisuallyimpairedstudentsfromtheEgyptianMuseumSchoolareperforming
    TheGoldenSerpentbasedonTheTaleoftheShipwreckedSailorandwillbeaccom
    paniedbytheOrchestraandChoirfromElNoorwilAmalaSchoolforvisuallyimpaired
    girls.Thiswillbethefirsttimethatsuchaplayisperformedbyvisuallyimpairedstu
    dents.
    THE

    EGYPTIAN

    MUSEUM

    NEWSLETTER

    MUSEUM

    Egyptian Museum Sections

    ACTIVITIES

    TheEgyptianMuseumcontainssome140thousandartefactsdividedinto13mainsections,allowingcuratorstoeasilysuper
    viseandcuratethecollections.EachsectionhasseveralcuratorsandassistantcuratorsledbyaHeadCurator.Sectionone
    containstheTutankhamunCollectionandtheMummies.Sectionstwo,three,fourandfivecontainOldKingdom,Middle
    Kingdom,NewKingdomandLatePeriod/GrecoRomanrespectively.Sectionsixincludescoinsandpapyrus,andsection
    sevenwhichcontainscoffins,scarabsandostraca.Eachsectionisdividedintosubsections.Thelastsectionisthebasement.
    UnderthesupervisionofSalwaAbdel
    Rahman,Section3curatorsarecon
    cernedwithMiddleKingdommate
    rial,whichisdividedbetweenthe
    groundandupperfloorsdepending
    onsize.Duringthepastmonths,the
    curatorshavebeenworkingoncon
    servingandcleaningartefacts,aswell
    asassistingM.G.NelsonHurst,ARCE
    KressFellow,whoisstudyingsome
    MiddleKingdomartefactscurrently
    instorage.
    OfthemosttaxingtasksSection3
    curatorsworkedonduringinrecent
    monthswasthemovementofalarge
    statueofQueenNofret,wifeof
    SenusertII,asitispartofanexhibi

    tionofEgyptianantiquitiesinVienna,
    Austria.Thisexhibitionwillbeheldat
    KunsthistorischesMuseumtheuntil
    September28th2008.
    Section3curatorWaheedEdwaris
    alsoworkingonexplanatorypanelsto
    beplacedbySenusertIIIsboatfrom
    Dahshuronthegroundfloor.

    Above:Section3HeadCuratorSalwa
    AbdelRahmancleaningastelain
    storagebeforephotographingit.
    Below:PhotographerSamehAbdel
    Mohsen,Section3curatorsNehad
    Elhamy,SalwaAbdelRahman,Wa
    heedEdwarwithmuseumstaffandin
    committeetophotographobjectsin
    storageforscholarAhmedYouness.

    Section6,underthedirectionofMr.SayedHassan,isresponsibleforconservingthemuseumspa
    pyrusmanuscripts.Equippedwithstateofthearttechnology,thesectionslaboratoryfacilitiesare
    themostadvancedintheMiddleEast.Priortoobtainingsuchnewtechnology,themuseumrelied
    onoldfashionedmanualconservationandrestoration,whichweretimeandenergyconsuming.
    TheSectionisalsoorganizingatemporaryexhibitionoftherarecoinspreservedinthemuseum.

    SayedHassangoingthroughthepapyrusarchivesinSection6

    PROFILE : PATSY GASPERETTI:


    Patsy is a freelance editor who has been helping the
    museum since 2004. She has been helping curators with
    English editing, and helping them to learn about the
    collections so they can guide VIP visitors. She is also
    working on compiling a word list comprised of the words
    that are commonly used in Egyptology. Patsy is the English
    editor for this newsletter.

    How to Access the Register Books?


    TheJournalDentre(JE)is
    theEgyptianMuseums
    originalregistryseries.
    Startedintheearly1900s,
    theserieshasover99,631
    entriesandencompasses25
    volumes.Additionalregis
    trationseriesusedinthe
    MuseumincludetheTem
    poraryRegisters(TR),the
    publishedCatalogueGener

    ale(CG),andtheSpecialReg
    isters(SR).Studentsand
    scholarsdoinglegitimate
    researchwhowishtoconsult
    theJEandTRbookscanvisit
    theRegistrationandCollec
    tionsManagementDepart
    ment(RCMD)locatedonthe
    groundfloornexttotheele
    vatorinthePredynasticgal
    lery.

    ThepublishedCGseriesare
    accessibleatmostEgyp
    tologicalresearchlibraries.
    ToaccesstheSRbooks,ap
    pointmentsmustbemade
    withthecuratorinchargeof
    theobjectyouwishtostudy.
    TheRCMDisavailabletohelp
    guidescholarsthroughall
    requestsandanyrequired
    paperwork.Pleasebeaware

    that,whilegeneralartifact
    studydoesnotrequirespe
    cialpermission,anyinforma
    tionbeingpublisheddoes.

    ByWaheedEdwar

    Making A Graphic Change


    GraphicChange,anAmerican Thesystemconsistof330
    nonprofitorganization,has
    newsigns,includingfacility
    beenvolunteeringatthemu identification,displayroom
    seumsinceNovember2005
    identification,directional,
    creatingTheEgyptianMu
    guideline,ticketpriceand
    mainmap.Thiswillsignifi
    seumGraphicImprovement
    cantlyenhancetheimageand
    Project.RebeccaWeimer,
    DirectorofGraphicChange
    functionalityofthemuseum.
    hasbeenworkingwiththe
    Atthispoint,thesignagesys
    museumstafftoimplementa temhasbeencompletelyde
    completesignagesystem.
    signed,approved,andis

    Phone: 2-02-2582448, 25782452


    Fax: 2-02-25796974
    Visiting Hours: 9 am - 6.30 pm
    General Working Hours: 9 am 3.30 pm

    Contact the Newsletter at


    [email protected]
    Please note that http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/ is longer a valid
    website and should not be consulted. A new website is under construction.

    awaitingfundingthrough
    corporateorpersonalspon
    sorship.
    ByRebeccaWeimer
    Formoreinformationaboutthis
    projectandsponsorshipbenefits,
    pleasecontactRebeccaWeimerat
    [email protected]
    visitwww.GraphicChange.org

    Ticket prices:
    Foreign Adults: 50 LE
    Foreign Students (with valid ISIC ID): 25 LE
    Egyptian and Arab Adults: 2.00 LE
    Egyptian and Arab Students: 1.00 LE
    Mummy Room:
    Foreign Adults: 100 LE
    Foreign Students (with valid ISIC ID): 50 LE
    Egyptian and Arab Adults: 10 LE
    Egyptian and Arab Students: 5 LE

    This newsletter is prepared by:


    Maather Ibrahim Abu Aish
    Mennat-Allah El Dorry

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