Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, British Museum partner to restore ancient mural
Published 20 Dec,2020 via Daily News Egypt - In cooperation with the British Museum, a team of Egyptian Museum in Tahrir square began restoring an ancient Egyptian mural from tomb No. 100 that was discovered in Kom Al-Ahmar, Qena governorate, which is one of the oldest known tombs in Egypt with coloured drawings.
Sabah Abdel Razek, Director of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, said that the mural restoration project, is part of the first phase of the museum development, and is funded by the European Union in cooperation with the five major European Museums Alliance: British Museum, Egyptian Museum in Turin, Berlin Museum, The Louvre, Leiden Museum in the Netherlands.
She indicated that the mural dates back 6000 years, and it was transferred from the tomb to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir in 1898 and was reconstructed in the early 20th Century.
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