Luxor Museum
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Established | 1975 |
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Location | Luxor,Egypt |
Type | Egyptology,history museum,archaeological museum |
Founder | Ministry of Culture |
Website | sca-egypt.org |
Luxor Museumis anarchaeological museuminLuxor(ancientThebes),Egypt.[1]It stands on thecorniche,overlooking the east bank of theRiver Nile.[2]
Establishment
[edit]The Luxor Museum was inaugurated in 1975. It is a two-story building.[2]The range of artifacts on display is far more restricted than the country's main collections in theEgyptian MuseuminCairo;this was, however, deliberate, since the museum prides itself on the quality of the pieces it has, the uncluttered way in which they are displayed, and the clear multilingual labeling used.[citation needed]
The museum was conceived by theEgyptian Ministry of Culture,which hired Dr. Mahmud El Hakim, a top Egyptian architect, to create the plans in 1962.[2]The installation of the museum art works came later and was finished between 1972 and 1975.[2]
Collection
[edit]Among the items on display are grave goods from the tomb of the18th dynastypharaohTutankhamun(KV62) and a collection of 26New Kingdomstatues that were found buried in theLuxor statue cachein the nearbyLuxor Templein 1989. The royalmummiesof twopharaohs–Ahmose IandRamesses I– were also put on display in the Luxor Museum in March 2004, as part of the new extension to the museum, which includes a small visitor centre. A major exhibit is a reconstruction of one of the walls ofAkhenaten's temple atKarnak.One of the featured items in the collection is a calcite double statue of the crocodile godSobekand the 18th Dynasty pharaohAmenhotep III.[2]
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Amenhotep III;circa 1390-1352 BC; quartzite; height: 2.49 m[4]
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Scribe statue ofAmenhotep, son of Hapu;circa 1390-1352 BC; granodiorite; height: 1.3 m; fromKarnak(Egypt)[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Gallery of items in the Luxor Museum".Museumsyndicate.
- ^abcde"Antiques. THE LITTLE— KNOWN TREASURES OF EGYPT'S LUXOR MUSEUM OF ANCIENT ART By Rita Reif".The New York Times.January 18, 1981.
- ^Campbell, Price (2018).Ancient Egypt - Pocket Museum.Thames & Hudson. p. 128.ISBN978-0-500-51984-4.
- ^Fortenberry, Diane (2017).THE ART MUSEUM.Phaidon. p. 15.ISBN978 0 7148 7502 6.
- ^Campbell, Price (2018).Ancient Egypt - Pocket Museum.Thames & Hudson. p. 151.ISBN978-0-500-51984-4.
External links
[edit]- Supreme Council of Antiquities; Luxor MuseumRetrieved 22 August 2013
- Luxor: The return of two kings
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