The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization hosted a lecture for renowened Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass.
The lecture was dedicated to seminar for children to introduce them to the secrets of Ancient Egyptians.
Hawass started his talk to children with expressing his hopes to be a lawyer, and he loved cinema so much.
He added that he graduated in the Faculty of Arts and was employed at the Antiquities Authority.
Regarding his passion to Egyptology, it started after unearthing one of the artifacts, then he joined the Faculty of Archaeology, before traveling to US for seven years which changed his life.
On the secrets of mummification and King Tutankhamun, Hawass explained that the king was only nine years old when he came to the throne, and his name means the alive portrait of Amun.
The king left in a transitional period in the history of Ancient Egypt after the period of unifying the Egyptian gods and godesses in one entity which is Atun. The revolution was conducted by Akhenaten. Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
He added that "The Mummy" film is based on the story of arresting Ahmed Abdel Rassoul and his brothers for stealing some artifacts from KV tombs, asserting that it is the greatest archaeological discovery in the late 19th century.
Regarding the issue of prophets presence in Egypt, he said that three prophets came to Egypt: Joseph, Moses, and Abraham.
He continued that there was a scene in a tomb depicted 37 Asian-dressed people and their master is "Ab-Shah" which could be one of Prophet Abraham's names.
Regarding the story of Joseph, there is a story in the Roman period close it.
He also expressed that the coming of prophets in Ancient Egypt is only document in holy books.
By the end of lecture, Hawass signed copies of his book about Tutankhamun for children and school students.
Contributed by Rana Atef
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