'The Secrets of Gold' exhibition inaugurated at Luxor Museum

Nevine El-Aref , Saturday 9 Oct 2021

Under the title "The Secrets of Gold", Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri inaugurated a temporary exhibition at luxor Museum highlighting the use of gold in the fabrication of jewellery since ancient Egypt right through the Islamic era.

The exhibition displays a collection of 747 artefacts of different styles and designs of jewelleries such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings and collars as well as coins and gold sheets decorated with royal cartouches.

Most of the exhibited objects were unearthed in Luxor temple and the white monastery in Sohag, while other objects were uncovered in different archaeological sites.