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Thebes: Treasures of a millennial city at the desert's gates.
TT49 Great Temple of Amun.
Inmaculada Vivas, lecturer at UNED in the Department of History of Art
is commissioner of this exhibition.
It's been a great success in Spanish universities and museums.
It consists of a collection of 34 photographic panels
about the city of Thebes, former capital of Egypt.
Here at UNED Library, the exhibition follows a zigzag pattern
because we wanted to emulate a walk
through artistic, cultural and religious manifestations of Thebes
to discover the treasures that it kept hidden.
Also, the exhibition is complemented with a bibliographical selection
available at the Library archives on the topic of Thebes
as well as the Egyptian Empire.
With this exhibition we open the 2017 programme of cultural events
with the aim of disseminating and revitalising university life
and society in general.
With that goal in mind, we count on the teaching staff
and other cultural entities specialised in our topics of choice.
This exhibition emerged after the 5th Iberian Egyptology Congress
which brought together specialists from Spain, Portugal and South America
and the idea of this exhibition was proposed at the congress
as a didactic initiative that could travel from city to city
and university centres to educate the public
about the treasures of Thebes, the capital of Ancient Egypt.
At the same time, it informs about the excavation works
made by different Spanish and South American expeditions
in Thebes, the old capital of Egypt.
This is the motivation and the goal of this exhibition
to complement a congress and to approach Egypt to the public
in a simple and educational way.
Actually, the Thebes exhibition is a collaboration project.
As the commissioner, Antonio Pérez Largacha commented
it originated in the 5th Egyptology Congress
and intends to show recent work done by egyptologists.
In my view, scientific research in the field of Egyptology
should be open to the public and not restricted to academic work
so different researchers can show their most recent work
such as the projects which are being carried out
in the city of Luxor, the old Thebes.
That was our idea, to let people know about this project
bringing it to UNED so the general public and university students
could know about this work, and UNED Egyptology studies are scarce
so we believe it's important to give these projects visibility
for students know that Egyptology, despite being a complex field
is being developed, step by step.
Open until 24 February.
Thebes: Treasures of a millennial city at the desert's gates.
Production: Jorge Arjona.