- ROMA, 24 GEN - "A portable sanctuary for the goddess
Anuket" debuted at the Egyptian museum in Turin Monday.
The show is curated by Paolo Del Vesco, since 2014 an
archeologist at the museum, with excavation experiences in
Italy, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Sudan. At the center of
the exhibit, which is part of the cycle 'In the laboratory of
the researcher', dedicated to the scientific activity conducted
by curators and Egyptologists of the Department Collection and
Research of the museum, there is a little wooden sanctuary,
dating back to pharaoh Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC), dedicated to
the goddess Anuket and other divinities venerated in the
religious center of Elephantine, near Aswan, in southern Egypt.
The excellent state of conservation, the presence of a
portico with two columns on the façade and the decorations on
walls are some of the elements that make the finding a unique
object of its kind.
For other examples of small wooden sanctuaries which belonged
to a different era and did not have a frontal portico with
columns, it is necessary to go back to the funerary kit of
pharaoh Tutankhamon. The sanctuary comes from the site of Deir
el-Medina, the village that during the New Kingdom hosted
artisans that made the tombs of the Valley of the Kings and
Queens. Some stele on religious life of the community of Deir
el-Medina are also displayed.
Two guided tours with the exhibit's curator are also
scheduled: on January 25 and March 1, both at 4:30 pm. A maximum
of 25 people can attend by booking online; the cost is seven
euros per person (entry ticket is excluded). The show runs until
March 20.
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