• An artist gives final touch to a statue of queen Nefertiti at Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist gives final touch to a statue of queen Nefertiti at Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Replicas of statues of queen Nefertiti are seen at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Replicas of statues of queen Nefertiti are seen at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Replicas of statues of queen Nefertiti are seen at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Replicas of statues of queen Nefertiti are seen at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Artists work near replicas of Pharaonic statues at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Artists work near replicas of Pharaonic statues at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist gives final touch on a replica of King Tut mask at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist gives final touch on a replica of King Tut mask at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Artists work at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Artists work at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works on a Pharaonic statue at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works on a Pharaonic statue at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Replicas of Pharaonic statues are seen at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Replicas of Pharaonic statues are seen at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • Artist work on a replica of a Pharaonic statue at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Artist work on a replica of a Pharaonic statue at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works on a replica of Islamic antiquity piece at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works on a replica of Islamic antiquity piece at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • A worker holds a replica of statue of queen Nefertiti at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    A worker holds a replica of statue of queen Nefertiti at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist works at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist prepares a replica of a Pharaonic piece at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist prepares a replica of a Pharaonic piece at the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • An artist prepares a replica of a scarab at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    An artist prepares a replica of a scarab at the workshop of the Replica Production Unit located at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. EPA

Art

Artists create replicas of ancient Egyptian antiquities – in pictures

Egyptian media has reported that the government plans to sell these first class replicas at Cairo International Airport by the end of the month

The National

January 28, 2020

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Some of the best Egyptian artists, sculptors and craftsmen are creating first class replicas of ancient Egyptian, as well as as Greco-Roman, Coptic and Islamic relics.

They're part of the Replica Production Unit at Salah Al Din Citadel in Cairo, a unit that falls under the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs. The unit, which was established in 2010, produces replicas using the same methods used by ancient Egyptian workers.

Click though the gallery above to see the replicas. 

These replicas of iconic antiquities such as statues of Egyptian pharaohs, funerary masks, golden coffins, wooden sarcophagi, furniture and even pottery pieces, are then sold in the bazaars of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and are displayed in international exhibitions.

According to recent media reports the first collection of replicas will be available for purchase at Cairo International Airport's duty free by the end of January this year.

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