The unique exhibition, featuring over 140 artifacts dug out by Hungarian archaeologists in Egypt since 1907, will be opened by Istvan Hiller, Hungarian Minister of Education and Culture Istvan Hiller, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
The museum has invited countries involved in Egyptian excavations to display their finds since 2002. The idea of a Hungarian exhibition was raised by Hiller during his official visit to Cairo in 2008.
The first Hungarian excavations took place at Gamhud and Sharuda. A part of finds are kept in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts and the rest in Vienna, Cracow and Cairo.
A team lead by Professor Laszlo Kakosy resumed Hungarian excavations in 1983 in el-Hoha and Sheikh Abd el-Gurna, two sections of the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt. The work centred on the tomb of Jahutimes, a scribe of Pharaoh Ramses II (reigned 1304-1237 B.C.) and an overseer of Amon's granaries.
The exhibition focuses on the ancient Egyptian cult of the dead, displaying coffins, faience amulets and heart scarabs placed next to the heart of the deceased, as well as statues.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
