Now and then we remember our Egyptian monuments abroad, the most notable of which is the statue we wish to return next to the stat...
Now and then we remember our Egyptian monuments abroad, the most notable of which is the statue we wish to return next to the statue of Nefertiti, which is located in Germany, the statue of the "Ankh Ha", a son of King Sinfreor, founder of the Fourth Dynasty, who was the minister of the King and is responsible for all his works of architecture, He was identified as an engineer who oversaw the building of a pyramid and a khbr.
The statue was discovered in the tomb of 7510 in Giza, rising to 50, 48 cm, carved from limestone and then painted, and is now in the George D. and Margo Behrakis Hall of the Boston Museum of America.
Bassam al-Shamaa, the Egyptian scientist, said that the statue was important because the sculptor who designed the statue shattered the classical rules of his time: not to show the real features are accurate, straightforward and very clear, which makes it a very important effect in the history of sculpting and joins the rare and non-business list .
Bassam Shamaa explained that the statue was coated with a high class of gypsum in which the sculptor formed the natural details of the owner of the statue, and Boston Museum scholars believed that it was often the king of Sinfreis, founder of the Fourth Dynasty, the father of King Khafu, the owner of the Red Pyramid and the curved pyramid in the Dahshur district of Giza, adding that he had The owner of the colored statue served as minister and supervisor of business, and might have overseen the construction of the second pyramid and even carved the statue of Abu the same howl, that if we recognized that the Great Sphinx had been carved in the age of King Khafu, this is a historical dialectic.
As to how the statue went to America, Bassam Shamaa explained that the bust was discovered in 1925, and was gone to the Boston Museum in 1927, and was supposed to--according to the contract which was between the Boston Museum and the Egyptian government-to be at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but unfortunately it was presented as a prize for Boston via The antiquities services for her gratitude in gratitude for the Harvard-Boston expedition for her effort in prospecting and restoration of the artifacts of the Queen's "Hattep-guards" tomb.
Bassam Shamaa continued that it was characteristic of the statue of a head showing a receding hair line, with baldness in part, and a little downward eyelids on the eyes, and the eye was colored white and human eye eyes Puplis Brown, and he had a short chin, and in the statue it was made of a separate piece of plaster, his glance showing the character of his and commanding and strong will.
Bassam al-Shamaa, who was the oldest in the Oriental Cemetery in Giza, was caught in a mud-brick cabin in a clay-connected compartment. To the eastern side of the cemetery, so that it is opposite the inside of the cabin, adding that the transited left to "Ankh ha" more than 90 items for food and drink In order to enjoy them in the other life.
Bassam al-Shamaa renewed his request for the return of this important statue to the land of his homeland where he lived and grew up.
