The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is hosting a temporary exhibition titled ‘Our Museums through an Archival Lens’

 

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir is hosting a temporary exhibition titled “Our Museums through an Archival Lens,” in conjunction with World Audiovisual Heritage Day, which falls on October 27th.

 

The exhibition is a cooperation between the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the Coptic Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art, and the General Administration of Archives in the Museums Sector of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

 

The Egyptian Museum  contains a collection of stunning schist triad statues that date back to the old Kingdom specifically the regin of king Menkaure. 

 

The statues show the king with a myriad of deities and symbols of Egypt’s governorates in the past.

 

 

In this specific case, the king, wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt, stands between two female figurines: the goddess of love and motherhood Hathor (left) as well as the goddess Bat (right), representing Egypt’s 17th nome.

 

These group statues were meant to represent  Menkaure’s overarching power over the entirety of the land.