The Russian city of St. Petersburg is organizing, at the end of this year, an exhibition of archaeological replicas produced by the Replicas Production Unit of the Ministry of Antiquities, in order to introduce the Russian people to ancient Egyptian civilization.
For his part, Amr El-Tayebi, executive director of the Replicas Production Unit at the Ministry of Antiquities, said that this exhibition comes amid wide interest and demand from Russian citizens to learn about ancient Egyptian civilization, which contributes to promoting and marketing visits to Egypt and getting to know its archaeological and tourist sites. He added that the exhibition will tour a number of different Russian cities in order to give the largest possible number of Russian people, especially children, the opportunity to visit it and learn about ancient Egyptian civilization by viewing a collection of replicas of the most important Egyptian archaeological treasures.
He explained that the exhibition includes 77 replicas of Egyptian antiquities, among them a limestone head of King Akhenaten about 1.5 meters high, the bust of Queen Nefertiti, and a number of distinctive replicas from the collection of King Tutankhamun, including the throne, the war chariot and the golden mask inlaid with semi-precious stones, in addition to some hunting tools, most notably the hunting box, which bears wonderful drawings and scenes, a distinctive collection of the king's ornaments and jewelry, models of the fishing boats found in the tomb, numbering 35 boats, and the chair for celebrations and religious occasions that the king used while performing various rites and rituals.
