Friday, September 5, 2008

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I would have thought that such a world-renowned institution could have provided a more congenial atmosphere for the millions of awestruck tourists who flock there. We later learnt from our guide that only the room which has the personal belongings of King Tutankhamun was air-conditioned and because of this it was even more crowded!
The antiquities are kept in chronological order beginning with the oldest one, the palette of Narmer dating back, incredibly, to the 31st century BC. This stone plate depicts pictorially the unification of North and South Egypt in that era. There is also a replica of the Rosetta Plate at the entrance, which has carvings in three different languages. This stone was instrumental in decoding hieroglyphics, giving us an insight into the Egyptian way of life.
The oldest statue of any pharaoh is that of Pharaoh Djoser who ruled during the 3rd Dynasty of the Old Kingdom and who was the only pharaoh who lived to see the completion of his own pyramid. Among the oldest pieces is another noteworthy statue of highly polished basalt stone of the Pharaoh Mycerinus from the 4th Dynasty, dating back to to 2600 BC.
Sculptures of the Old Kingdom (27th 23rd centuries BC) on the ground floor include a magnificent one of a sitting scribe carved in coloured limestone which has eyes inlaid with crystal! The expression in the eyes is outstanding and very life-like




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