Coming to theaters, the film about the Egyptian Museum narrated by Jeremy Irons

On Oct. 26, 2023, the Egyptian Museum of Turin officially kicked off celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the museum’s founding in this 2024. For this occasion, the museum lands for the first time in cinema with Men and Gods. The Wonders of the Egyptian Museum, the event film that premiered at the 41st Turin Film Festival, available in Italian theaters for two days only, March 12 and 13.

Produced by 3D Produzioni, Nexo Digital and Sky in collaboration with the Egyptian Museum and directed by Michele Mally, who signs the subject with Matteo Moneta, author of the screenplay, the film features the extraordinary participation of Oscar winner Jeremy Irons, who guides us on a journey to discover the treasures of one of the most fascinating civilizations in ancient history. The Egyptian Museum in Turin, with more than one million visitors in 2023, is the oldest in the world dedicated to the ancient Egyptian civilization. Its collection includes 40,000 artifacts, 12,000 of which are displayed on 4 floors of the museum. Among the exhibits are sphinxes, colossal statues, small amulets and sarcophagi, which tell nearly 4,000 years of ancient history. Among the world-famous exhibits are the Papyrus of Kings, the only surviving list tracing the succession of pharaohs, and the Papyrus of Mines, one of the oldest known geographical maps. Among the most famous sculptures are the statue of the priest Anen, that of Ramesses II, and that of the so-called Isis of Coptic, as well as the sumptuous grave goods of Kha, superintendent of the construction of the pharaohs’ tombs, and his wife Merit, who are among the protagonists of this extraordinary historical narrative.

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The wonders of the Egyptian

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Findings, scientific studies, and the behind-the-scenes of the Museum are chorally narrated not only by Museum President Evelina Christillin and Director Christian Greco, but also by some of the Museum’s curators such as Cédric Gobeil, Beppe Moiso, Susanne Töpfer, Paolo Del Vesco, Federico Poole, Johannes Auenmüller, Enrico Ferraris, Alessia Fassone, and Tommaso Montonati; by the restorers Cinzia Oliva, Roberta Genta, and Paola Buscaglia of the Conservation and Restoration Center of La Venaria Reale; by theanthropologist Pieter Ter Keurs, Louvre Egyptian Department Director Vincent Rondot, British Museum Egypt and Sudan Department Head Daniel Antoine, British Museum curators Ilona Regulski and Marcel Maree, Berlin Agyptisches und Papyrussammlung Director Friederike Seyfried, Cairo Egyptian Museum Director General Sabah Abdel Razik Saddik, and Ima Solutions Sarl Ceo Benjamin Moreno. The museum boasts an extensive network of more than 90 scientific collaborations with major world museum institutions, including the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum in London, and the Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin. In fact, its collections have a dual nature: antiquarian, stemming from the collecting of Bernardino Drovetti (Barbania, 1776 - Turin, 1852), a Piedmontese diplomat, and archaeological, linked to the excavation campaigns in Egypt promoted by Ernesto Schiaparelli (Occhieppo Inferiore, 1865 - Turin, 1928) and Giulio Farina (Rome, 1889 - Turin, 1947) in the early 20th century.

The Egyptian Museum in Turin, opened in 1824, represents a milestone in the exploration of Egyptian civilization. By tracing the course of the Nile through the discoveries of its explorers, such as Donati, Drovetti and Schiapparelli, the origins of the museum can be revealed. in the footsteps of its great explorers and archaeologists of the past-Donati, Drovetti, Schiapparelli. Through its collections, which include artifacts from iconic sites such as Giza and Luxor, it offers a journey through time to the mid-sixteenth century, when the Savoy family, rulers of Piedmont, associated Egyptian myth with the city’s symbol, the bull. Among the museum’s treasures, funerary works from the tomb of Kha and Merit recount the architect’s journey to the afterlife, following the ancient beliefs described in the Book of the Dead. Complementing the visual journey is the original soundtrack, composed and orchestrated by pianist and composer Remo Anzovino and performed by the author with the Accademia Naonis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valter Sivilotti, to be released on Nexo Digital label and Believe distribution in 2024. Great Art at the Movies is an original and exclusive project of Nexo Digital.

For 2024, La Grande Arte al Cinema is distributed exclusively in Italy by Nexo Digital with media partners Radio Capital, Sky Arte, MYmovies.it and in collaboration with Abbonamento Musei.

Coming to theaters, the film about the Egyptian Museum narrated by Jeremy Irons

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