Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and Dr. Louis Ng, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, signed a joint cooperation agreement to organize a temporary archaeological exhibition titled "Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums," scheduled to be held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum from November 18, 2025, to August 31, 2026.
The signing ceremony took place in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, in the presence of Ambassador Baher Sheweikhi, Consul General of Egypt in Hong Kong; Betty Fung, Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; Moamen Othman, Head of the Museums Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities; Counselor Mohamed Ashraf, Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities; and a number of representatives of both sides.
The exhibition features about 250 distinguished artifacts selected from a number of Egyptian museums, including the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art, the Suez National Museum and the Sohag National Museum, in addition to newly discovered artifacts from the Saqqara archaeological site, as well as a selection of pieces currently on display at the Shanghai Museum in the exhibition "On the Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt." The exhibition highlights three main themes: Royal Egypt, the Age of Tutankhamun, and the Saqqara archaeological discoveries.
Following the signing ceremony, an international press conference was held, during which Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled stressed that the exhibition represents a window onto more than 5,000 years of Egypt's history and the beginning of an exceptional cultural journey that strengthens joint cooperation between Egypt and China, noting that the exhibition represents a dialogue between civilizations that transcends time, bringing together past and present and expressing the aesthetic and creative values of two great civilizations.
He explained that the selection of a group of pieces currently on display at the Shanghai exhibition reflects the great success that exhibition has achieved and the strong turnout of the Chinese public, expressing his confidence that the Hong Kong exhibition will achieve the same success and offer a rich and distinguished cultural experience.
Concluding his speech, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities extended an open invitation to the people of Hong Kong and the peoples of Asia and the world to visit the exhibition and discover the masterpieces of ancient Egyptian civilization, stressing that this exhibition is the beginning of new horizons of cultural and archaeological cooperation between Egypt and China.
For his part, Dr. Louis Ng expressed his pride in this cooperation, stressing that China and Egypt are the cradles of two of the oldest human civilizations and are bound by deep-rooted cultural and historical ties. He added that the exhibition is a milestone in cultural exchange between the two countries and embodies the museum's commitment to supporting dialogue between civilizations and promoting mutual understanding through culture.
Moamen Othman also explained that the artifacts to be displayed include a large statue of King Tutankhamun, the famous statue of the Egyptian scribe, cat mummies, a statue of the goddess Bastet holding musical sistra, a colossal statue of King Akhenaten and a statue of the god Anubis, along with a collection of unique pieces to be shown outside Egypt for the first time.
