𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨 𝐄𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐨, the Egyptian Museum of Turin, Italy is the world's oldest museum dedicated to Egyptian culture and treasures. Founded in 1824 on a collection assembled by 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢, it includes 40,000 priceless exhibits. Join us on a walking tour of the 2nd floor 🏛️.
Turin’s Museo Egizio is considered 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 in the world after the Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. The Egyptian Museum of Turin contains many exhibits discovered in the early 20th century by Italian Egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli and is now one of the most visited attractions in Italy.
List of artifacts
[00:00] 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨 𝐄𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐨 - Walking towards the second floor of the museum.
[02:27] 🏛️ 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝟐 - "The Predinastyc Period" (The video incorrectly shows "ROOM 5")
[03:02] 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 (⭐⭐⭐) - Mummified body laid in a pit on its left side.
[04:24] 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - Display of decorated vessels and clay pots.
[05:02] 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨-𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 - Remains of an early burial typically in a wood coffin.
[06:00] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐣𝐢 - Royal Princess from the Old Kingdom era.
[07:00] 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 (⭐) - Massive stone sarcophagus with indentations.
[07:57] 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐭 (⭐) - Elaborate panel decorations.
[08:47] 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐢 - Detailed statue damaged by grave-robbers.
[09:45] 𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 - Burial assemblages from Bolos Ghattas mastabe.
[10:16] 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭 - A Casket from Gebelein.
[11:02] 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢 - Rare chest and papyrus scrolls.
[11:56] 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 (⭐) - 4200-year-old female textiles.
[12:57] 𝐓𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 - Pleated dresses buried in baskets.
[14:08] 🏛️ 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝟑 - "Tomb of the Unknown"
[14:16] 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 “𝐁” (⭐⭐⭐) - Grave goods found in a large chamber. (MUST SEE!)
[16:42] 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 “𝐀” - Wooden coffin and tomb objects.
[17:32] 𝐌𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛 (⭐⭐) - Mummy with face drawn onto bandages.
[18:45] 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 - Magnificent fresco of mourning procession.
[19:12] 𝐒𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥 - Scene depicting the slaughter of a bull.
[19:40] 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 (⭐) - Painted wall tableau showing the ritual of an ox burial offering.
[20:36] 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 - Detailed wall painting showing donkeys hauling sacks to the granary.
[21:15] 🏛️ 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝟒 - "The First Intermediate Period"
[21:30] 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐢 - Pharaoh burial assemblage.
[22:33] 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 (⭐) - Realistic statue of an important official named Shemes.
[23:57] 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 - Detailed boat model with rowers.
[24:31] 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 - Wood carving showing how grain was ground.
[24:50] 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐤 - Detailed model revealing historic detail.
[25:22] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 - Wooden statuettes from Middle Kingdom era.
[25:55] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐣𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐲 - Life-size statues from an 11th century rock tomb.
[26:27] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐩𝐰𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐡𝐚𝐭 - A well-preserved wooden statue from Asyut.
[26:50] 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 - Detailed wood carved model.
[27:38] 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 - Display of burial artefacts including cosmetics, combs and mirrors.
[28:18] 𝐀 “𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫” 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐧 (⭐) - Coffin with diagonal star clock decoration.
[29:03] 🏛️ 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝟓 - "Middle Kingdom"
[29:20] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐡𝐤𝐚 (⭐⭐⭐) - Limestone-carved statue circa 1760 BCE.
[30:13] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 - Note the large ear lobe!.
[30:41] 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 - Array of unique limestone sculptures of statue heads.
[31:43] 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐢𝐚 (⭐) - Example of an Anthropoid coffin.
[32:40] 𝐋𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐞𝐭 (⭐⭐) - Female holding implements of fertility.
[33:30] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧 - Astronomer priest with dressed with stars.
[34:14] 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐢 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐣𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐬 (⭐) - Imposing sarcophagi lids carved in rose granite.
[34:55] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 - Statues and tables for food offerings.
[35:15] 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 "𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫" - Statues and tables for food offerings.
[35:42] 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐣𝐫𝐞𝐧 - Containers of mummified organs.
[36:32] 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 - Funerary chapels decorated with life scenes.
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