STONE Pietre Egizie is an application that, through the selection of 50 artifacts, kept at the Egyptian Museum in Turin, allows visitors to observe granite, porphyry, limestone, sandstone, discovering its nature, composition, provenance and the reasons why they were chosen by the ancient Egyptians.
The app is organized on the basis of the historical and artistic importance of the finds, but also and above all on the type of rock used.
In Egypt, in fact, ornamental rocks represent enormous material, historical and cultural wealth, and this ancient people has been able to make the most of what nature has offered them. The Egyptians have chosen among the various types of rocks in their territory those with the best characteristics both from an aesthetic and mechanical point of view. The richness of this range of materials can best be appreciated by visiting any Egyptian collection, which collects the most disparate examples and in which Egypt presents itself as a "state made of stone".
The sculptural and architectural material heritage of the ancient Egyptians bears witness to a fundamental aspect of the conception of the world of this civilization, namely the concept of survival in the afterlife. This will to remain unchanged over time can be read through the construction of temples, obelisks, statues and funerary buildings with their sarcophagi kit, but mainly in the choice to use extremely durable materials suitable to give substance to this aspiration eternity like stone ones.
Among the many museums in the world that preserve and show precious finds from ancient Egypt, Turin has the honor of hosting the second most important museum in the world, the Egyptian Museum. The contacts between the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Turin and the Egyptian Museum have allowed to realize this project, which wants to offer the public an alternative reading key to read the exhibited works, creating a link between classical knowledge and scientific knowledge .
This work aims to be a precious reference for archaeologists, Egyptologists, curators of museums and geologists as well as, of course, for anyone who derives pleasure from the marvelous natural stones that decorate the ancient world of the Pharaohs.
The app is organized on the basis of the historical and artistic importance of the finds, but also and above all on the type of rock used.
In Egypt, in fact, ornamental rocks represent enormous material, historical and cultural wealth, and this ancient people has been able to make the most of what nature has offered them. The Egyptians have chosen among the various types of rocks in their territory those with the best characteristics both from an aesthetic and mechanical point of view. The richness of this range of materials can best be appreciated by visiting any Egyptian collection, which collects the most disparate examples and in which Egypt presents itself as a "state made of stone".
The sculptural and architectural material heritage of the ancient Egyptians bears witness to a fundamental aspect of the conception of the world of this civilization, namely the concept of survival in the afterlife. This will to remain unchanged over time can be read through the construction of temples, obelisks, statues and funerary buildings with their sarcophagi kit, but mainly in the choice to use extremely durable materials suitable to give substance to this aspiration eternity like stone ones.
Among the many museums in the world that preserve and show precious finds from ancient Egypt, Turin has the honor of hosting the second most important museum in the world, the Egyptian Museum. The contacts between the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Turin and the Egyptian Museum have allowed to realize this project, which wants to offer the public an alternative reading key to read the exhibited works, creating a link between classical knowledge and scientific knowledge .
This work aims to be a precious reference for archaeologists, Egyptologists, curators of museums and geologists as well as, of course, for anyone who derives pleasure from the marvelous natural stones that decorate the ancient world of the Pharaohs.
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