The coffin of Pharaoh Ramses II was brought to Paris for display

According to the news from the official Egyptian news agency MENA, the Egyptian ambassador in Paris, Ala Yusuf, said that the coffin of Ramses II was brought to Paris.

Stating that the coffin in question was placed in an exhibition hall organized by Egypt in a hall in Paris, which will last for 5 months, Yusuf said: “2. Ramses is known as the most powerful and famous pharaoh in the history of ancient Egypt. saying.

Explaining that the coffin of Ramses II was brought to Paris for an exhibition held in 1976, Yusuf stated that this coffin was returned to this city after half a century.

Meanwhile, in a written statement from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, it was stated that the wooden coffin belonging to Ramses II has arrived at the Paris exhibition hall and the exhibition, which will last for 5 months, will open on the 6th. of April.

It was shared that the exhibition will open under the name “Ramesses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” and 180 historical gold artifacts from Egypt will be on display here.

The Egyptian Council of Ministers had approved the inclusion of the coffin of Ramses II among the works that will be exhibited in Paris exceptionally in January.

Ramses, who ascended the throne when he was 20 years old, conquered Egypt in BC. From 1213 BC It is estimated that he ruled until 1279. Ramses, who is believed to have caused the Jews to emigrate from Egypt to Israel, had many palaces and temples built, including the famous Temple of Abu Simbel.

The coffin of Ramesses II, found in 1881, is on display at the Egyptian National Museum in the capital, Cairo. (AA)