As Egypt works to revive its tourism sector amid the coronavirus crisis, the government is promoting Egyptian antiquities abroad with an archaeological exhibition called “Kings of the Sun” in Prague, Czech Republic.
The exhibition, which will run from Aug. 30 until Feb. 7, 2021, will display 90 artifacts unearthed by the Czech archaeological mission working on the site of Abu Sir in Giza governorate. Chief among these treasures is the head of a statue of King Ra-Nefer-F.
The Czech archaeological mission has made many discoveries in Egypt since it began work in 2012, especially in the Abu Sir area, where it uncovered an enormous tomb in 2018 and the remains of a temple of King Ramses II of the New Kingdom in October 2017.
In May 2020, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri discussed with Czech Ambassador to Egypt Jan Folik the possibility of holding an exhibition of Egyptian antiquities at the National Museum in Prague. In June 2020, Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Badr Abdel Ati met with the Czech deputy foreign minister for non-European affairs to discuss strengthening cooperation between the two countries, especially in the field of tourism. They agreed that the Prague exhibition will greatly benefit the relations between Egypt and the Czech Republic.
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