06 September 2004 - 12 September 2004
in
"Grenoble - France
XI Congres International des Egyptologues"
"On the occasion of the IX International Congress of Egyptologists in Grenoble from the 6th to the 12th of September 2004, the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage -CULTNAT- is holding an exhibition called “Selim Hassan Discovering his Ancestors”.
The exhibition displays the following :
His excavations at Giza and Saqqarah,
a draft of his Hieroglyphic transcription and
translation of “La Poeme Pentaour et le Rapport official sur la bataille de Qadesh”, draft of report he wrote to the head of the Antiquities Services about the campaign he headed to rescue the monuments of Nubia. This report includes plans and maps he drew by himself, and photos showing the state of the monuments of Nubia before the construction of the High Dam. The exhibition will also contain rare collection of photos of himself during his excavations, as well as photos with famous European archaeologists like Hermann Junker, rulers and visitors from different parts of the world and with his family.