The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization organized a live workshop on the Art of Sculpting, where visitors exclusively experienced carving on granite, quartz, lime and sand stones, which came as part of the museum’s endeavor to reinstate interest in sculpture as one most distinguished forms of arts in ancient Egypt.
Nancy Ammar, a Senior Heritage Specialist, stated that artist; Barakat Hamza, applied the carving skills and techniques on a replica for the statue of “Khunsu”, typical to the statue presented at NMEC’s Core Exhibition Hall, using traditional tools as well as modern equipment. Manar Hassan, a Senior Heritage Specialist illustrated that a block of sandstone was provide for visitors in order to facilitate the learning and application experience.
Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, Managing Executive Director of NMEC, indicated that the event was well received by local, and international visitors and children in particular, who expressed their great happiness for learning the skills and techniques of such craft.
