The Egyptian mastered the "marquetry art", or wood veneer inlays, and even reached the highest levels of accuracy and perfection in using this type of art in decorating pieces of wooden furniture, whether rooms, office furniture, wooden boards, or others! Therefore, we invite you at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization to participate and join us on Tuesday, 7-February-2023, at 10:30 am in a live workshop entitled “Paintings of Wood Veneer”.The workshop introduces the basics of marquetry art by learning how to cover wooden structures with a cover consisting of several wooden veneers, integrating these veneers in an aesthetic and decorative way, as well as using several veneers overlapping to form artistic paintings, based on the raw natural colors of wood.To join us, please register at the following link.

Link: https://forms.gle/HBiCV9DpmcMbUi5X8

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Notes:
• Attendance is free, but it does not include entry to exhibition halls, and seats are limited.
• The workshop is suitable for ages 16 and over.
• The selected trainees will have to bring the required materials:
- A piece of wood or MDF measuring 20*20 or 30*25
Colored wood veneer
- Glue roller (solitip)
Glue tube (flame glue)

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A model of a funerary boat to transport the body of the deceased across the Nile to the western mainland, where the ancient Egyptians often buried their dead, and it was placed in tombs or depicted on their walls, as it was necessary for every Egyptian, whether in his life or after his death, to use a boat to make a trip to Abydos.Where the burial place of Osiris, the deity of the other world, a central state, Al-Barsha.The Model is Displayed in The Mummification Museum in Loxur, Egypt.

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A photo is from the archive of Mr. Hossam Alwan which shows a Egyptian woman wearing the talli of Asyut and the Egyptian Kerdan Necklace and holds a ballast in front of a painting of the authentic Egyptian Khayamia. Small details, but they reflected great pride in the national identity at that time among the general public.

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The Scientific Research Department at the Alexandria National Museum is honored to invite you to attend the Archaeological Forum, which is being held for the second year in a row.This year, the forum will discuss the recent discoveries at the site of "Tabat Matouh" during the 2022 excavation season,And that is on Monday, the sixth of February 2023 AD, at exactly ten thirty in the morning.We are always happy to share with fellow archaeologists from Alexandria's antiquities and museums.

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Under the title "The Ark: Harmony between Religions," the Coptic museum is opening a temporary exhibition on worship in the three monotheistic religions, through the story of the Prophet Noah and the ark.

This comes in the context of the Interfaith Harmony Week, which will celebrated over the next two weeks.

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A Gilded wooden chair of the princess Sitamun,the Daughter of King Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye.The Chair was discovered in the Tomb of Yuya and Thuya in the Valley Of The Kings in Loxur, Egypt.This chair is an Example of elegance of the ancient Egyptian woodwork.The Chair is Displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.

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Under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Egypt), represented by the Egyptian Tourism Authority, Culture, Foreign Affairs, Youth and Sports, and Luxor Governorate, the 12th edition of the Luxor Festival for African Cinema was launched from Luxor Temple.

The theme for this year’s edition is “Cinema: the Quest of Immortality”, which is ongoing until February 10th.

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Two teams from Ludwig Maximilian and Tübingen Universities in Germany and the National Research Center in Cairo identifed the nature of mummification materials in ancient Egypt.

This is thanks to analyzing organic remains found inside mummification workshop's utensils discovered in 2018 by the Egyptian-German mission headed by the late Dr. Ramadan Hussein in Saqqara.

The incredible discovery made it to the scientific journal at Nature.

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