The Gestures and Symbolism through the Collection of the Egyptian Museum

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City

Abstract

This paper presents the symbolic use of gestures through the collection of the Egyptian Museum and illustrates the different types of gestures and the meanings they refer to in the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Period. The gestures of the remarkable statues, stelae and objects through the collection of  the Egyptian Museum which is one of the greatest collections in the world , the Egyptian museum is a treasure house, it plays a key role as guardian of the secerts and legacies of ancient Egypt.

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