Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection
- Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection
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German Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
museum located in
Berlin,
Ger., noted for possessing one of the world's leading collections of artifacts and texts of ancient Egypt (
Egypt, ancient).
It began in the 18th century as part of the Prussian royal art collection and steadily expanded through gifts, contributions, and finds. The museum was heavily damaged during World War II and, after the war, was divided between East Berlin and West Berlin. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collection was reunited to once again constitute one of the finest records of ancient Egypt, containing more than 45,000 artifacts and 60,000 texts.
The museum's artifacts are organized according to themes, such as daily life and theology, or types, such as sculpture. Displays include a range of well-preserved relics, such as mummies, sarcophagi, etchings, statues, and hieroglyphs, and large architectural elements. Substantial display space is devoted to the reign of
Nefertiti, as the museum houses the world-famous bust of that queen, as well as myriad other artifacts from this much-studied era of Egyptian history. The papyrus collection offers writings spanning four millennia. Although many of the scripts are of Egyptian origin, the collection also operates as a library of the ancient world, including Greco-Roman writings as well as copies of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qurʾān.
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