السبت، 16 أغسطس 2014

Wax Museum at Helwan

Wax Museum at Helwan
Among the several museums abound by the city of Cairo stands Wax Museum in the suburb of Helwan in the forefront, not only, with its holdings rare Troy stages of the evolution of Egyptian history, the beginning of the Pharaohs down to the modern era, but what it contains between walls of waxworks made ​​meticulously paid to specialists chosen in second place for months wax museums in the world.

History museum 
The history of the establishment of the Wax Museum in Egypt to 1934 in an attempt to embody the Egyptian historical events, and highlight their importance to the Arab and international levels. Experts classify wax museum as an educational museum, he tells through dozens of statues carved meticulously, the history of Egypt in the form of a model, which makes it the kiss of thousands of students and tourists alike. The Wax Museum Egyptian is the fourth in the world after the Museums of France, England and Australia in terms of what its inclusion of holdings, but it ranks second in terms of fame, has been transferred Museum three times in the first of Tahrir Square to the Palace Street kind, and then to the area of ​​Oasis, Finally, in its current location near the area of ​​Ain Helwan. 
Holdings 
The museum houses 116 statues and 26 scene tells the history of Egypt, from the family of Pharaonic 18, until 23 July revolution and is now being developed for the embodiment of the second phase of Egypt's revolution to the present time. This museum gives statues made ​​of wax material for the viewer the impression that the figures in front of flesh and blood. 
Museum was established by the Egyptian artist global George Abdul Malik, was of the finest Egyptian artists of his time, after he excelled in the embodiment of many of the stories and novels, which lists the history of the dawn of the Pharaonic civilization, through the civilizations Greek, Coptic, Islamic and down to the era of the revolution in July 1952 in many wax statues, which are the most prominent of the museum's holdings. Department of artist Abdul Malik historical eras that have passed on Egypt in 26 scenes, put her backgrounds suggestive significance, added to the effects of the scenes of life in bygone eras. 
Sections 
Supports the division of the museum on the allocation of the number of rooms per certain period of time, each surrounded hall leafy park gave the museum glamorous special, and can be password scenes from one era to another era through the rooms connected to each successively, lists the historical eras in conjunction historic, ending these halls corridors leading to other galleries feature this museum's holdings. Starts visiting the Department of Pharaonic era, which simulates the date of the Twelfth Dynasty, which ruled Egypt for two hundred and fifty years continuously, have excelled artist in the embodiment of the kings of this family from Amenhotep IV, which was the first to call for unification of worship and the rejection of the cult of birds, animals and the worship of the sun deity one, and in the side of this scene commander Horemheb appears next to his wife, and a wild tiger, which was accompanied by armies in battles when Horemheb was the commander of the armies of ancient Egypt. 
Offers the end of this hall the visitor can move to another gallery through one of the corridors designated for that purpose, where they can watch the scenery religious expresses recovered Moses from the Nile in this corridor, and appear in the background of the scene Pharaonic temples and the Nile River and the throne of Asia. By the end of the corridor we find a lounge with scenes tell stories and novels about the era of Islam and the Caliphs and most of the Muslim leaders, where it appears in one scene, a statue of months reader of the Koran in the era of the Prophet, which Abdullah bin Masood as well as the scene of the Kaaba, which was coming out of Egypt the beginning of the reign of alder tree until the revolution of July 1952. 

Next to last of the hall there is another scene tells treatments Saladin, Richard the Lionheart and tells how that Salahuddin is the one who defeated the Crusaders at the battle of Hittin in 1187 and that free them of Jerusalem and held after Ramle Magistrate then leave Richard to the Levant, shows this scene chivalry and Samaha Islam is a religion of love and peace. In the hall opposite the lounge Islam, there is a wonderful scene of Louis IX depicts this scene captured Lewis in Dar Ibn Luqman Mansoura after losing one of the leaders of Qutuz alder tree, which took over command of the army after the death of her husband. Showroom latter, there are several scenes of a typical non-scene, which was devoted to President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in addition to the scene of the nights of Ramadan and its relation to the Egyptian street, especially the use of lanterns, in addition to a scene typical of Folk Art, which is the "Alerajos", and despite the knowledge of ancient Egyptian history, the Wax Museum adds another dimension to this date and is working on forming an image in linking the past with the present awareness

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