The most important objects displayed in this room are.
1-Diorite statue of Chephren:
This extraordinary statue of king Chephren is
indisputably a masterpiece of sculpture in the round in the Old Kingdom.
Chephren the builder of the second pyramid at Giza was the son of Cheops
the builder of the great pyramid in Giza of the Old Kingdom, it represents
the king sitting on the thrown and Horus (the falcon god) protecting him
from behind
2-wooden
statue of Ka-Eper called “Sheikh El Ballad “:
The statue is that of a chief lector-priest named
Ka-Eper. It is however more widely known as “Sheikh El Ballad “ the
Headman of the village”. It is sculptured life size with a startling
realism, which can forms entirely to the ancient Egyptians wish to create
for eternity a true image of him. This statue is so completely
characteristic that the priest seems indeed to live in it forever.
3-Ka
–Eper`s wife:
This bust is all that was preserved of the
standing feminine statue which was found at the entrance to Ka-Eper`s
chapel in his large brick mastaba at Saqqara
4-The Egyptian scribe
Scribe statue had been known since the Fourth
Dynasty. They show the subject as intellectual rather than a mere clerk.
This statue presents us with ideal image of perfect official. Here the
scribe has papyrus unrolled on his lap holding the rest of the roll in his
left hand.
*False Doors:
False
doors played an important part in the architecture of old kingdom tombs.
Erected in the chapel of the funerary cult. They functioned magically as
actual doors through which the deceased could communicate with the world
of the living and receive offerings and prayers necessary for his survival
in the next world.
5-False
Door of Ika:
Here
is a rare wooden version of the false door common to tombs of the Old
Kingdom. The owner of this false door was Ika royal
Waeib-Priest(purification priest) and chief of the Great House.
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